Here in L.A., we have a deputy mayor for transportation who drives a Hummer. To those beyond the Southern California fringe, this may seem fitting and, maybe it is. Our urban sprawl is addicted to automatically assuming that we need more lanes and freeways without giving enough consideration to other longer-term options. After reading Robert Caro's book, The Power Broker, it seemed to me that more roads only means more cars. More about the Hummer story here.
Monorails, anyone?
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I'm happy to report that I've seen VERY FEW Hummers here in Montgomery County, MD, compared to L.A., even though I live two miles from a dealership. The ones I've seen have been driven by 20-something young marrieds. The husband invariably has a backwards baseball cap on his tiny head, and the perfectly-coiffed wife has a vacant look on her face. Not a smile. Not a frown. Just a catatonic, imperious, snotty stare into the glove box.
Don't get me started on people who drive Navigators and Escalades...
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