a car is like your mother-in-law

"I'm not against cars. But your city doesn't have to be oriented toward them. A car is like your mother-in-law. You want to have a good relationship with her, but you can't let her conduct your life. When a city has good public transportation, it becomes for people and for cars. Imagine a city with 30 percent fewer cars on the streets."

-- Jaime Lerner, former Mayor of Curitaba, Brazil (pop. 1.7 million); Lerner was instrumental in Curitaba making a major investment in "bus rapid transit" systems. From "Imagine a City With 30 Percent Fewer Cars" (interview in Sierra Magazine, Jan/Feb. 2006).

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[Xenobiologista]

Thanks for posting this, I LOL'ed while reading the CNN interview with him this morning and was just trying to find that quotation again.