The Gyre Stratton's Letter to Progressives Charlottesville progressives have three sound choices for city council. Two are Democrats for Change. I believe if you compare the platforms of those candidates vying for the third seat, you'll see mine is the only other truly focused on bringing about an equitable and ecologically healthy society.
Roads cause traffic.
Individual choices are made within the physical and legal context the government shapes. Many times more public money is spent on roads and other subsidies for the automobile than every other form of transport combined. All this to fuel a pattern of growth which causes air and water pollution, restricts lower income, young, older and disabled people, is dangerous to health, devours greenspace, raises infrastructure costs, promotes an isolated and sedentary lifestyle, furthers racial segregation and inequity, and undermines local business. Recent state legislation allows us to use what was road money for transit, walking and biking projects. We can zone our region to develop physically and culturally diverse compact urban areas infused with and encompassed by accessible nature.