tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post2697578991222845529..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Dream Crushers and TrafficPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-11564832873135633882007-05-10T08:30:00.000-07:002007-05-10T08:30:00.000-07:00I shouldn't have compared "fools' dream" to the LA...I shouldn't have compared "fools' dream" to the LAB, by the way. Eric's not a fool; he just bit off more than was practical to chew. And this isn't one of those cases where you can fill in the rest later, either - once the chunks on the end are built (poorly), they aren't going to change - even if the missing chunk in the middle ever gets built (doubtful).M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041791804881707751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-67572152289518171992007-05-10T08:29:00.000-07:002007-05-10T08:29:00.000-07:00Another way to look at this is that wasting time o...Another way to look at this is that wasting time on fools' dreams takes energy away from actually achievable goals.<BR/><BR/>For instance, the Lance Armstrong Bikeway (a great vision, by a truly dedicated activist here) will never be implemented in a meaningful fashion due to the practical constraints on the ground which I predicted way-back-when. We will have spent about 10 million dollars and about 1 man-year of staff time on it and we are ending up with a "cross-town bikeway" that exists only in a couple of chunks which require a lot of yielding of right-of-way which you wouldn't have to do if you rode in the street. <BR/><BR/>Imagine how many suburban bike lanes that could have bought. A hundred miles or so would be my guess.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041791804881707751noreply@blogger.com