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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll need to read this bill myself but this sounds discriminatory or eliteist (I’m searching for the right word). [b]How are the people supposed to get to work, shop, visit family, go to places not accessible to metro? [/b]It does not seem like a well thought out bill. It seems like a pat yourself on the back bill.
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You know how, when you're driving around in your car, and you look through your windshield, you sometimes see people out and about who aren't in cars? Have you ever asked yourself what those people are doing?[/quote]

I’m the PP quoted and to answer your question It was very hard.   I was one of those people for about 20 years of my life here in MoCo. It would take me about an hour and a half to two hours on public transportation to get to a destination. I had the time metro and bus schedules. I would have to help my parents carry groceries home. I had calluses on my hands from walking 15 to 20 minutes from the grocery store to my house carrying gallons of milk, cans and general groceries. I could go on and on about our hardships without a car and relying on public transportation but I think you’re going to dismiss my experience because it doesn’t fit your narrative. When my parents finally got a car, it was life-changing for us.

So when I’m driving around in my car and look through my windshield, I’m very thankful that I have my own transportation. My groceries are safe in the trunk, and I don’t have to wait outside in freezing, rainy, or extreme heat. And my husband scolds me for this, but when I see a woman and child waiting out in these elements, I will offer them rides.[/quote]

That's very kind of you. So, on a personal level, for you, if this bill becomes law, all you will have to do in response is not move into a condo near a Metro station, if it doesn't have a parking space. And, on a policy level, the solution is not for everyone to have a car and drive it everywhere; it's for transportation and land use policies, including better public transportation, so that people don't have to have a car and drive it everywhere in order to meet their daily needs.[/quote]

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