They obviously picked this up from NYC and London where car ownership in the cities is comparably low but you get loads of people from the suburbs car-commuting in and expecting the city to accomodate this shit and that's pretty bad. Having been to London after the congestion charge I dare not imagine what the fuck that moloch looks like with 30% more cars about.
The difference is you can argue driving in NYC or London is a luxury, people have alternatives. Not as much the case in Atlanta, especially when you're talking about poor service workers coming in from suburbs they've been pushed out to.
Never attribute to malice etc. etc.
They obviously picked this up from NYC and London where car ownership in the cities is comparably low but you get loads of people from the suburbs car-commuting in and expecting the city to accomodate this shit and that's pretty bad. Having been to London after the congestion charge I dare not imagine what the fuck that moloch looks like with 30% more cars about.
The difference is you can argue driving in NYC or London is a luxury, people have alternatives. Not as much the case in Atlanta, especially when you're talking about poor service workers coming in from suburbs they've been pushed out to.