Author of machiavelli.net, proud father of three, interested in shaping network society. Welcome to my blog.Network Mobility
The NYTIMES has an article on a German suburb to Freiburg, where people do not use cars. It shows in how much, moving from a car-centric world to a mobile people world is an epistemological challenge. Our family just did not buy a car, when we came back from Mexico (we had to give up our wonderful big old Ford Explorer and the cute little Jeep Wrangler) and we never looked back. In a workshop on traffic congestion that I organized several years ago in Monterrey, Penalosa, the brilliant former mayor of Bogota introduced the concept of “mobility” as a way to think about transportation, because as soon as we introduce the dichotomy of public and private transportation, the discussion will get ugly. How do you organize your mobility?
Candidates for Nuevo Leon governor are now proposing 2nd levels to highways (a la Mexico City) and more tunnels through Loma Larga.
Private transporation optimizaiton will never be solved if it is treated like hydraulics! With water a bigger pipe ensures more liquid throughput.
With traffic, the opposite is often true: more streets create more cars and less efficiency.
Private transporation is one thing I do not miss about Mexico.
Candidates for Nuevo Leon governor are now proposing 2nd levels to highways (a la Mexico City) and more tunnels through Loma Larga.
Private transporation optimizaiton will never be solved if it is treated like hydraulics! With water a bigger pipe ensures more liquid throughput.
With traffic, the opposite is often true: more streets create more cars and less efficiency.
Private transporation is one thing I do not miss about Mexico.