Posted Thu, Aug 25, 10:25 a.m.

@mspat "And if people loved it so much, why did we get suburbs and single family homes?" Don't be fooled into thinking it was the invisible hand of the market at work. Federal Housing Act of 1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Housing_Act_of_1934 Federal Housing Act of 1949 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_Act_of_1949 Federal Highway Act of 1956 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956 ...

Posted Wed, Jul 16, 1:21 p.m.

RE: Your creds: Tom: I've got a job, thanks. What about you? From what I've reluctantly read of yours, mouthing platitudes sounds right up your alley. Should be better than your current title "volunteer for groups that oppose Sound Transit's light rail project". Is that your creds? Anywho, back to ...

Posted Tue, Jul 15, 11:02 p.m.

Your creds: Tom: I'm glad we have such experienced folks running about. What of your discussion of BART? Did you look at the map? Have you gotten off the BART at Fruitvale station? Any station? Have your creds even been on the BART?

Posted Tue, Jul 15, 5:16 p.m.

Good try: Tom Heller: "BART studies found, among other things, that the pattern of development along their rail corridors was not appreciably different (no more dense, etc.) than that found along the Bay Area's other transportation corridors (which is to say its interstate corridors)." I wonder if Tom has even ...