The Automobile Is The Nation's 'Engine Of Freedom'

Brock Yates writes that the automobile is the "engine of freedom" in the U.S. as motor vehices continued to operate after Sept 11th while other transportation systems were shut down, crippled, or encountered glitches.

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October 10, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

[P]lanners and ideologues hate sprawl because it demands the use of motor vehicles as the primary transportation device...[After the Sept. 11th attacks] , the New York subways stopped. All civilian air transportation was shut down and will remain crippled for months... The terrorist assault underscored the reality that mass transit, the ultimate fantasy of those who seek a well-regulated, neatly controlled society, is no panacea for a nation as large and fragmented as the United States."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: The automobiles rules

Monday, October 8, 2001 in The Detroit Free Press

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