The Pittsburgh City Paper, found my published my drunk driving challenge piece complete with mispellings and typos. I am somewhat serious about what I wrote and do think the city would be a great place for some kind of suicidal road or bike race. It works for France.
It is funny how, the same nanny state morons who want to dictate all kinds of tiny details in building design and zoning leave little things like transportation out of their thinking. If you have a bar or bunch of bars or night clubs in an area with very few residents around it and no transit link- you must think it's OK to drink and drive. Do you think that all the guys in the bars around the stadiums have designated drivers?
Being an urban planner means never having to say you are sorry, I guess. You just make the map and none of the blood that ends up on it is your fault.
I know this is a highly competitive position but this is an open call competition. In the comments below feel free to nominate your city or town. I do think Pittsburgh's amazingly poor urban layout, insane hills and hard drinking culture mean that we can win this one. The plans for the casino are likely to seal the deal. Drop a casino and all the needed parking right on the lower hill to eliminate any chance of having a residential area there. Right next to a sports stadium.
Do politicians ever have to take sobriety tests?
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