The Globe and Mail interviews retiring NYC transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn: New York transport czar an advocate for bikes, transit, pedestrians:
She has a message for us …
Those cities that are going to continue to be big successes in the years to come are going to be those that invest in their transit infrastructure.
We’re not going to accommodate the million more people that are moving to New York City over the next 20 years by triple-decking our road network. We’re not going to have a high quality of life if that’s the approach.
From a sustainability perspective, from environmental-health perspective, from a pocketbook perspective, economic development perspective, there’s no better way to design your city than using a very strong transit-oriented footprint.
Why, she and other observers no doubt wonder, would we risk our future on a dubious vote that will more likely divide us than move us forward?
