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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

nxylas

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2. Money, primarily

Reply to corkhead (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 03:52 AM

Jul 2013

When I lived in Columbia, SC, Richland County and the RTA were very keen on the complete streets philosophy. But they wanted to levy an extra 1% tax in order to pay for it, so naturally the people voted no. People rarely vote for extra taxes, particularly in the South when there's a fear that "those people" might benefit from it.

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Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward [View all] marmar Jun 2013 OP

Read the article. What a cool idea. It is so simple and obvious, why isn't it being done everywhere? corkhead Jun 2013 #1

Money, primarily nxylas Jul 2013 #2