https://ecosalon.com/cool-design-converts-the-car-addicted/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 https://ecosalon.com/cool-design-converts-the-car-addicted/#comment-37725 Wed, 25 May 2011 12:42:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=24616#comment-37725 I think it still depends on the preferences of a car owner/driver. Some people simply cannot stand commuting ‘coz of the crowd and some other reasons, so they tend to drive their cars to and from work. But the effort of the Metro is commendable.

]]> https://ecosalon.com/cool-design-converts-the-car-addicted/#comment-6314 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:21:53 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=24616#comment-6314 I don’t think design in itself will sell SoCal on public transport – but it will certainly help! I was in L.A. recently and learned from friends about the new line that will run right through downtown and near USC – seems like the planning will finally be such that it will get people where they need to go. That, plus comfy and hip interiors give it the best bet for people to open up to the benefits of public transport. Right now – it just doesn’t take anyone where they need to go, so unless it’s a coffee house on wheels, why would anyone use it?

]]> https://ecosalon.com/cool-design-converts-the-car-addicted/#comment-6201 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:38:15 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=24616#comment-6201 I live in DC where the metro has adopted god-like status (replete with seeing fit to kill a few people here and there) so I can easily see the LA crowd getting hooked on public transpo. It’s so cheap and so efficient and great for the environment. And who wouldn’t want their commute cut by a factor of 3?

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