Scott Tillson, a former aide to Councilman Harry Mathis, drew spirited applause when he spoke up to drive against the traffic grain. Reduce, reduce, reduce the requirements of the road widths. But you have to understand that by so doing you're going to accept a more congested community. Narrow the roads. Slower than you might want, but cool, attractive.
Same principle applies to residential streets.
Suburban autobahns make for alienating sterility, the numbing sense that the car, not the human being, is the object of the architect's desire. Obviously, the big arteries must be clear. As Carlsbad has discovered, it's the small arteries that need calming cholesterol. Dunlap, a tireless activist from Torrey Pines, wrote a note and passed it to me. Public planning sessions are fine, Dunlap mused.