Sen. John C,. Watkins (R-Chesterfield) said a mouthful when he stated re the upcoming special session on transport:
“I don’t think anyone has put something out there that solves the problem.”
John, my friend – and all politicians are my friends – no one can put something out there if you are looking for facility or finance “solutions.”
Wilfred Owen said it almost sixty years ago, restated it in every book he wrote and repeated it every time we talked during the last decade of his life:
“There are no transport facility (or we would add, transport facility finance schemes) that will solve transport problem – there are only land use (human settlement pattern) solutions.”
THIS JUST IN:
The regular Friday “See My Pigs Fly Higher” convention of Tiger Riders United and the Association of It’s Government’s Fault Conspiracy Theorists has been relocated the Millennium Dome. It is the only venue that was not already booked and is large enough to hold everyone who has RSVPeed via Blogs due to the invitation extended to the League of 12 ½ Percenters. Tip of the Hat to Larry Gross for forwarding this information.
EMR