Comments on: Chicago Unveils Plan to Punish Driving While Encouraging Riding http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chicago Encourages Public Transit by Discouraging Driving » The Green Rocket http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-1049 Chicago Encourages Public Transit by Discouraging Driving » The Green Rocket Sat, 24 May 2008 00:17:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-1049 [...] Read Full Article Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Read Full Article Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: . http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-1048 . Thu, 08 May 2008 20:23:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-1048 This is the same idea as taxing cigarettes; it is a plan to increase revenue from an activity, rather than to stop the activity. If you want to stop something, ban it. This will just make the commute more miserable. If you want more people using public transit give the a positive reason, give them something they desire in transportation that so far only cars have given them. To beat cars public transit must be better that the current car experience. That is not the same as making the car experience worse. Innovate, don't punish. Punishing people with fewer lanes and higher parking fees won't change there actions. This is the same idea as taxing cigarettes; it is a plan to increase revenue from an activity, rather than to stop the activity. If you want to stop something, ban it. This will just make the commute more miserable.

If you want more people using public transit give the a positive reason, give them something they desire in transportation that so far only cars have given them. To beat cars public transit must be better that the current car experience. That is not the same as making the car experience worse. Innovate, don’t punish. Punishing people with fewer lanes and higher parking fees won’t change there actions.

]]> By: . http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-17239 . Thu, 08 May 2008 20:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-17239 This is the same idea as taxing cigarettes; it is a plan to increase revenue from an activity, rather than to stop the activity. If you want to stop something, ban it. This will just make the commute more miserable. If you want more people using public transit give the a positive reason, give them something they desire in transportation that so far only cars have given them. To beat cars public transit must be better that the current car experience. That is not the same as making the car experience worse. Innovate, don't punish. Punishing people with fewer lanes and higher parking fees won't change there actions. This is the same idea as taxing cigarettes; it is a plan to increase revenue from an activity, rather than to stop the activity. If you want to stop something, ban it. This will just make the commute more miserable.

If you want more people using public transit give the a positive reason, give them something they desire in transportation that so far only cars have given them. To beat cars public transit must be better that the current car experience. That is not the same as making the car experience worse. Innovate, don’t punish. Punishing people with fewer lanes and higher parking fees won’t change there actions.

]]> By: The Secrets of Curitiba : johnaddison - Green Options http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-1047 The Secrets of Curitiba : johnaddison - Green Options Thu, 01 May 2008 14:34:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/01/chicago-unvails-plan-to-punish-driving-while-encourage-riding/#comment-1047 [...] Chicago has announced similar plans for bus rapid transit. Green Post writer Sarah Lozanova’s article about Chicago. [...] [...] Chicago has announced similar plans for bus rapid transit. Green Post writer Sarah Lozanova’s article about Chicago. [...]

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