I think Ohio is getting closer to some transportation-related legal challenges, especially against communities like Beavercreek for denying citizens a basic civil right. If an ADA-noncompliant curb cut is a violation of civil rights, wouldn't the outright exclusion of public transportation access be considered one, too?
Martin Gottlieb: Non-drivers' losses in B'Creek, 3C show a pattern
By the Dayton Daily News | Friday, April 1, 2011, 10:40 AM
Look closely enough and you might see a similarity between Beavercreek's buses-to-the-mall issue and the fight over 3C, the aborted plan for passenger trains in Ohio.
During the 3C fight, one heard again and again that trains — especially slow trains — were not going to be able to woo Ohioans out of their cars. That argument came from leaders of the opposition.
Well, it is certainly true that some train advocates would like to woo people out of cars, for reasons of environmentalism and energy conservation.
But a lot of people don't have to be wooed out of cars. They're already not in them.
Martin Gottlieb: Non-drivers' losses in B'Creek, 3C show a pattern
By the Dayton Daily News | Friday, April 1, 2011, 10:40 AM
Look closely enough and you might see a similarity between Beavercreek's buses-to-the-mall issue and the fight over 3C, the aborted plan for passenger trains in Ohio.
During the 3C fight, one heard again and again that trains — especially slow trains — were not going to be able to woo Ohioans out of their cars. That argument came from leaders of the opposition.
Well, it is certainly true that some train advocates would like to woo people out of cars, for reasons of environmentalism and energy conservation.
But a lot of people don't have to be wooed out of cars. They're already not in them.
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
