#1) As I talk about the need for creative solutions to parking for multiplexes, I feel that I must give my green, environmentally friendly background (in the same way that I have had to outline my progressive leftist credentials. Sigh.)
#2) My father is pretty much fanatical about public transportation and biking to work. When we lived in Columbia, MD, he would bicycle to park and ride to take the commuter bus to Washington, DC. He owned a very small fuel efficient car.
I did not own a car until I was 26 years old. I had a three speed Raleigh bicycle in high school. I learned to take the local bus in Columbia, MD, to take Greyhound and to take Amtrak. I bicycled to a lot of places on my three sped Raleigh bicycle in the 1970s, before it was hip.
The first car I owned was a used car that my younger brother gave me. In the three years that I owned that car, I learned everything that can go wrong with a car. The first time I bought a new car, I was 37 years old. I've only ever owned one new car.
I have carried grocery shopping home on the bus, put schoolwork in a side carrier in a bicycle, gotten rained on bicycling to class in Seattle.
One of the reasons that I chose my current apartment is because it is so close to so many bus lines. I did not expect to get disabled. I expected to be working full-time my first year here in Minneapolis - so I picked an apartment where I would be able to commute by bus.
But as I got progressively more disabled,having a car was very helpful for shopping,for doctor's visits, for a sense of independence and dignity. I have *not* enjoyed the many fascinating *taxi* rides I have experienced in Minneapolis. I do not enjoy being your local News Hour.
@threadreaderapp Please unroll. I hope you are having a good Monday. Thank you!
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