Washed up from Sea: Bacon’s Rebellion

Well, better late than never. I didn’t get back from vacation until late Sunday night, and I’ve had a devil of a time getting the e-zine published. But it is at last: the March 21, 2007, edition.

Earthship Westerdam
The Westerdam isn’t as self-contained as a spaceship, but it’s as close as anything you’ll find on the planet. Virginians have much to learn from the cruise liner about sustainable human settlement patterns.
by James A. Bacon

Tunnel Vision
A shovel in the ground early in 2008 is the right answer for the Rail to Dulles project.
by Doug Koelemay

Size Really Doesn’t Matter
Yes, the world would be better off if everyone drove smaller, fuel-efficient, non-polluting cars. But even small cars can’t solve traffic congestion. Only functional human settlement patterns can do that.
by E M Risse

HOT to Trot
A decade of data from southern California proves that HOT lanes provide time-sensitive drivers, regardless of income, an alternative to driving in congestion. Virginia, let’s get moving!
by Geoff Segal

Politics with a Capital “P”
The Republicans’ transportation bill is a farce but fighting it is a political loser. Gov. Kaine ought to sign it and move on to other issues.
by Barnie Day

Nice & Curious Questions: From Smarts to Smokers: How the Old Dominion Rates
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs

Road to Ruin: Doing It Their Way
Since 1932, Henrico County has been building and maintaining its own roads. Local officials like the arrangement, but it’s not clear whether driving conditions are any better as a result.
by Peter Galuszka


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3 responses to “Washed up from Sea: Bacon’s Rebellion”

  1. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Here’s a solution that HB 3202 DOESN”T propose:

    Take all the people in NOVA and Hampton Roads and relocate them to luxury cruise ships. Ply them with Pina Coladas and Bahama Mamas so they won’t complain. Give them a non-stop buffet. Cruise close to shore so their cell phone connections will work.
    End of traffic congestion. And a new Pattern of Human Settlement will be created!
    The cost? Fergitaboutit! Chichester’s on his way out!

  2. Larry Gross Avatar
    Larry Gross

    Perhaps a dead link on the Henrico article.. which I really wanted to read…

  3. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Original Message —–
    From: Barnie Day
    To: BJILEX@aol.com
    Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:56 PM
    Subject: Perhaps we will agree on a second thing…

    You’re an ignorant asshole.
    —– Original Message —–
    From: BJILEX@aol.com
    To: bkday@swva.net
    Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:13 PM
    Subject: Long Time Comin’

    It’s taken a long time and a lot of articles in Bacon’s Rebellion for us to see eye to eye on a subject but you got there with the latest column. Only one minor rub and it has to do with the 40,000 new kids….the budget bill does increase funding in double digits for education, so “something” is being done. Now if we could just get all of NoVa’s kids into schoolrooms, we could send the trailers to the “southern part of Virginia”. I’m told they are still better accommodations than some of the remaining one-room school-houses.

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