tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post7140569880334725678..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: State Bike and Walk Committee to Meet, State Announces new Bike and Walk PlanSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-41587606402096614922013-04-06T15:19:37.541-07:002013-04-06T15:19:37.541-07:00Webcasting them is a great idea, Walker.
(Readi...Webcasting them is a great idea, Walker. <br /><br />(Reading Jeff Speck's "Walkable City" is turning my attention to more of the questions around zoning - very consistent with your observations. That's a topic worth more analysis.)Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-71875056467681876362013-04-05T09:34:37.369-07:002013-04-05T09:34:37.369-07:001) why is every single state committee meeting tha...1) why is every single state committee meeting that is open to the public not simultaneously webcast and available for call-in by the public who lack high speed Internet?<br /><br />2) what you said. It's not just LOS standards though, it's also that we've been sold an autistic zoning and planning regime that, like most thing that fascinate those with autism, is extremely complex and complicated but absolutely terrible at interfacing with people. That planning and zoning regime is our attempt to regulate what goes on in the streets without ever addssing what goes on inthe streets but, rather, by controlling what goes on in the buildings.<br /><br />Attend any neighborhood or planning meeting and when a permitting or variance discussion comes up, what you'll quickly learn is that the neighbors could care less about what goes on next to them, meth dens excepted; what neighbors care about is how much traffic the proposed use creates, and how much parking it consumes. However, since we don't allow neighbors to have any say on either, what they end up doing is opposing what goes on IN the buildings around them because it's their only hope of keeping the stupid zombie planning model from destroying their place.<br /><br />Watching the system at work in Salem is depressing -- downtown is being hollowed out and destroyed, all to serve automobiles. And no one will even name the problem: that we've made people in cars the only ones who matter. Everyone else is just invisible.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731260619465817652noreply@blogger.com