And in response…

To the article about Freiburg, Germany that I posted a link to a few days ago, this op-ed set of blurbs by a variety of New Urbanists (and others) has been published on the NY Times.

You know, it’s funny.  If you had asked me, ten years ago as I headed to college, what I would be passionate about, one of the farthest things from my mind would have been public transport.  That is due in large part to the abysmal nature of public transport in my hometown of San Antonio.  Four years of life in the public-transport-paradise of PDX, combined with my varied experiences of transport in Europe and Africa, changed that.  Now, as I look ahead to the kind of career I see for myself, one spent encouraging the growth of sustainable communities, with particular emphasis on the incorporation of public transport and public green spaces, seems ideal.  How things do change…