Re: Public Transportation in every city

It's seems this should include public transportation in EVery city. Here in the Phoenix area we have all of our buses that run on LNG, liquid Natual Gas. It's cleaner and not a bad idea except the USA hit peak natual gas in 2001 and we now import more than we use. At least most of it comes from nice friendly Canada.

The city is also building light rail. This will be very interesting and could help in areas it serves. It has to start someplace with a few lines then expand if it works out well. Personally I'd like to see it as a elevated or monorail type system so it wouldn't block road traffic.

We also have some of the best and most bicycle lanes on almost every street. The only exception is the Gilbert are with almost no bike paths and very littl bus service. They seem to live in the past. even while they are one of the fastest growing cities in America.

The weather here gives us clear roads all year. It gets a littel cold in winter but only at night. I ran in the 2007 PF Chang's marathon in January and rode my bicycle to and from the race, about 18 miles each way. It was record cold of only 26 F in the AM but by noon it was 55 F. Big deal I'm from Upstate NY and that was spring weather to me.

Our biggest problem is the cities as a group are so big. The little city I live in, Chandler has a population of over 200K. All the cites, Tempe, Chandler, Mesa Phoenix etc are all connected so close you cross the street and are in the next city. The weather is so nice and homes so affordable we have over 8,000 new residents from Californai each month move into the area. WOW that's growth.

Every home sould be built better for zero energy, have solar hot water and PV . Everyone should be able to work within 5-10 miles of home but many travel 20-40 miles to and from work in a single occupant SUV !

It's a big problem in most cities.

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