tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post1206123059049798462..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Rockland County needs Strong Towns, and the bridge won't helpCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-73152416201023398162011-12-13T21:58:01.021-05:002011-12-13T21:58:01.021-05:00No offense, Jonathan, but I think you actually don...No offense, Jonathan, but I think you actually don't get the Strong Towns idea. If it involves getting developers to pay the full cost of their projects, that's a small part of it.Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-27991483707168779222011-12-13T09:29:59.277-05:002011-12-13T09:29:59.277-05:00I get the strong towns idea, but if you go back to...I get the strong towns idea, but if you go back to Dolores Hayden's <i>Building Suburbia</i>, she makes a pretty good argument that developers have always called the tune when it comes to town governance. From where are these municipal leaders going to get the backbone necessary to ask developers to pay the full cost of their projects?Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520811734907587902noreply@blogger.com