http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/a-transit-bellwether-on-election-day/ A Forum for Our State's Future Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:22:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/a-transit-bellwether-on-election-day/comment-page-1/#comment-4507 Jess Atwell Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:34:15 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=1058#comment-4507 I'm very encouraged to hear that Mass Transit is picking up support.. However, if the transit you're talking about is just the same as it has been for the last 100 years, then it's doomed to failure before it gets started. We need to focus on new technology to take us into the 22nd Century. Magnetic levitation, impulse drives and linear motors have all been positioned for the next 100 years. Digging tunnels has progressed as well with the advent of the "Chunnel" in Europe. Let's look at reinventing our cities so that we can get from here to there in the most effecient and fastest manner possible below ground, on the ground and in the air. Let's not look backwards and build the same thing all over again. I'm very encouraged to hear that Mass Transit is picking up support.. However, if the transit you're talking about is just the same as it has been for the last 100 years, then it's doomed to failure before it gets started. We need to focus on new technology to take us into the 22nd Century. Magnetic levitation, impulse drives and linear motors have all been positioned for the next 100 years. Digging tunnels has progressed as well with the advent of the "Chunnel" in Europe. Let's look at reinventing our cities so that we can get from here to there in the most effecient and fastest manner possible below ground, on the ground and in the air. Let's not look backwards and build the same thing all over again.

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