Livability Means Being Poor and Eating Only Iceberg Lettuce

Robert Steuteville comments on a recent article by Alan Pisarski that he says "regurgitates many of the heavy-handed arguments of the pro-sprawl, pro-highway crowd" in reaction to the Obama Administration's livability agenda.

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November 16, 2010, 5:00 AM PST

By Tim Halbur

Steuteville writes:

"Pisarski, who has promoted highways through influential positions on various federal and national commissions, councils, and government agencies since the 1960s, is unhappy that the federal government is shifting some of its resources toward walkable places and transit.

Pisarski's article is a masterpiece of fear-mongering that begins with the kind of snide remark that is reserved for times when a Washington official tells the truth and should, in the view of some insider[s], be called out."

Steuteville says the Pisarki trots out the usual tropes against smart growth, such as the idea that everyone will be forced to "live someplace akin to Ralph Kramden's apartment from The Honeymooners."

Thanks to Renee Brutvan

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