Prototype Issue
I Drive a Hybrid
Posted by PollyJeanCole
Gas. Electric. Gas. Electric.
I drive a Hybrid. I do a lot of driving. I get gas once, maybe twice a month.
It feels good to drive a Hybrid. It feels good when I pull up to a stop light and my engine shuts off, eliminating the unnecessary sickening spew of exhaust as we all just sit there… waiting.
What are we waiting for exactly? The polar ice caps to melt, the earth to expel us with one catastrophic cough?
I want to have kids. I don’t want them to live in a wold where they have to resort to cannibalism because L.A. has gone underwater and they’ve had to move east into the desert, which is now frozen and cold and they are so, so hungry.
I drive a hybrid. I am not a perfect person (I have a secret hankering for ‘69 Nova’s, Chevelle’s, El Camino’s and Camaro’s), but I try to do the best I can.
I drive a Hybrid. I get gas once, maybe twice a month.
Oh, and on a side note: Where is L.A.’s grand visionary for public transportation?? WE NEED YOU DESPERATELY!
Driving a car affects L.A.' public transportation Posted by nierlich 257 days ago
In some areas of the city, public transportation is very good. I live in Santa Monica and work at UCLA. Our city is criss-crossed by "Blue" bus lines (which wins awards), and both UCLA and Santa Monica are very well served by L.A., Santa Monica, Culver City and other intercity buses. However, when I ask friends if they ride the bus, I find out that many have never even tried it. And some are from New York, Boston or Chicago, where in the past they would have used the bus. Why is this? The reality is that the distances traveled are often far. I have known many students who commuted to UCLA from more than 30 miles away, and even for those who are near school, or for non-students who are near their work, a car is seen as a necessity for non-work activities. So if your going to have the pleasure of a car for non-work and pay its expenses, you just as well drive it to work also. What's called for are new solutions. Light-rail transit is important, but it will never lessen auto-trips by more than a few percent. Hour- and day-rental autos, conveniently available around the city, can serve those who don't choose to own a car, although this requires a change of culture. My "radical" suggestion is to raise automobile taxes significantly with the added revenue going public transport. However, those paying the tax would ride free or at a much reduced rate on public transport. This would encourage use of public transport and build its infrastructure, and drivers wouldn't chaff at paying for a bus or trolley Don
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