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...Opera, two zoos, Canada (across the Detroit River) and an industry which is the backbone of the nation's economy Construction has been increasing following Detroit's AAA bond rating and has resulted in the development of high rise riverfront apartments, a downtown office/shopping/ apartment/hotel complex, a light rail transit system, and other projects. And yes, Detroiters can also be proud of their Tiger's success. Yet despite all of this, Doctoroff unbelievably writes that Detroit "gives its citizens almost nothing in which they can take pride...
...also a town that pulls its own weight as much as possible and in doing that it is seen as a Republican ideal. When the city decided to build a new mass transit system, says G.O.P. Chairman Meyer, "we didn't send people to Washington for money. We voted a tax to pay for it" When the city and G.O.P. asked for volunteers for nonpaying convention tasks, 20,000 Dallasites stepped forward. The city's share of the convention will be entirely funded by private donations, totaling $3.9 million. "San Francisco spent 8 million bucks...
Since more highways attract more cars, the newer urban theories insist on mass transit. Mexico City's 69-mile French-built subway system, started in 1969 and still expanding, is a marvel: clean, fast, comfortable and almost free (a ride costs less than 10). But it carries 4 million riders a day, and at rush hours the crush is so intense that the authorities gallantly (or chauvinistically) reserve certain cars for women only...
During rush hour, according to California transit officials, the 725 miles of freeways serving Los Angeles are used at 100% capacity. Ninety-seven percent of the area's daily trips are taken in private automobiles. If McGaffey were around today, he could say that if this culture ever adopts an icon for all, the logical choice should be the orange rubber cone signifying that a lane is closed for repairs...
Moreover, women with political ambitions may not have to worry so much about seeming presumptuous; the uppitiness factor should fade. Maureen O'Connor has served on the San Diego City Council and as Deputy Mayor, Chairwoman of the Local Transit Board and Vice Chairwoman of a California State Housing Finance Agency. She ran for mayor of San Diego last year and lost. "Despite the fact that I was twice as qualified as my opponent," she says, "there were reservations voiced about the capacity of a woman to manage a city of this size effectively. Well, with a woman...