Gas prices drive push to reinvent America's suburbs

Started by Traveller, July 30, 2008, 09:42:35 AM

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Traveller

July 30, 2008, 09:42:35 AM
From yesterday's USA Today...

QuoteIn Maricopa and elsewhere, a movement is underway to transform suburbs from bedroom communities that sprang up during an era of cheap gasoline to lively, more cosmopolitan places that mix houses with jobs, shops, restaurants, colleges and entertainment.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-29-nosale_N.htm

reednavy

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July 30, 2008, 09:59:32 AM
Sounds just like my hometown, Murfreesboro, TN.
Jacksonville: We're not vertically challenged, just horizontally gifted!

lindab

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July 30, 2008, 10:04:48 AM
Absolutely true, Traveller. I've been waiting to see if anyone was going to talk about the rest of town and what can be done for our suburban areas. Metro Jacksonville is the springboard for great thinking on this subject.

thelakelander

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July 30, 2008, 10:23:24 AM Last Edit: July 30, 2008, 10:26:20 AM by thelakelander
We've been saying it for a while.  Connect the burbs with commuter rail and better mass transit, which will allow each area to redirect growth into neighborhood pedestrian friendly hubs around their local stations.  In the end, you have a viable alternative transportation option to get around the region, its safer/cleaner for the environment, does not strain our infrastructure network and it promotes viable economic development throught the First Coast.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

BridgeTroll

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July 30, 2008, 10:23:38 AM
Quote from: civil42806 on July 30, 2008, 09:57:23 AM
AIR POWERED CAR ANYONE?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4251491.html

Saw this on Modern Marvels on History channel the other day... Watch out for TaTa motors...
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

reednavy

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July 30, 2008, 10:31:51 AM
If we could just get the commuter rail to Orange Park and GCS, that alone would put a fair dent into traffic. I've spoken to several active duty military that live there, and are all for it.
Jacksonville: We're not vertically challenged, just horizontally gifted!

second_pancake

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July 30, 2008, 10:34:49 AM
Jacksonville can't even get transit in place to move those who live in it's urban communities to move about downtown effectively.  I don't have high-hopes that they'll ever be able to develop something to move people in the suburbs through town to their jobs.  Sad.
"What objectivity and the study of philosophy requires is not an 'open mind,' but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to examine ideas, but to examine them criticially."

thelakelander

#8
July 30, 2008, 10:43:31 AM
For decades, Birmingham couldn't either.  Then all of a sudden a new mayor comes in office and demands everyone get their act together immediately and have starter rail up and running in 18 to 24 months, or get the boot.  All it takes is a civic leadership.  Delaney had it.  Peyton is struggling, but he still has 3 years to get it together.  If he can't, he's term limited so this presents the opportunity to groom someone with vision to take a stab at it.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Captain Zissou

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July 30, 2008, 11:55:28 AM
QuotePeyton is struggling, but he still has 3 years to get it together.

That statement gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach.

obie1

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August 02, 2008, 02:11:16 PM
:) that made me lol lol lol captain my captain.

fatcat

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September 20, 2008, 05:21:07 AM
can we recall the mayor? i mean they recalled governor in california, right?
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