Demand will be elastic as far as the suburbs’ ability to redevelop into autonomous urban centers that attract traffic in balance with the amount they send out. In American cities we still have this idea of a “central business district”, that all the business should be done in the middle of the area and the homes should be on the outskirts. In Europe it’s the other way around, new businesses are built in the suburbs while the center is valued for its residential amenities.

That may be why there are more toll highways in Europe.

Demand will be elastic as far as the suburbs’ ability to redevelop into autonomous urban centers that attract traffic in balance with the amount they send out. In American cities we still have this idea of a “central business district”, that all the business should be done in the middle of the area and the homes should be on the outskirts. In Europe it’s the other way around, new businesses are built in the suburbs while the center is valued for its residential amenities.

That may be why there are more toll highways in Europe.

Once I pushed the “Add comment” button all previous 11 comments were instantly visible. So I suppose it was a problem with NYU’s computers?

Once I pushed the “Add comment” button all previous 11 comments were instantly visible. So I suppose it was a problem with NYU’s computers?

Hi, Adam!

Last night and tonight I checked this thread from a number of different computers at NYU’s library (using a few different PCs and Macs). These are different from the computer I submitted three comments from on Thursday afternoon (a PC). On the NYU computers none of the comments (including three of mine, three [?] of yours, and one from a third party) are visible — although they were eventually visible, after about a half hour or so, on the PC that I used on Thursday afternoon.

Otherwise your blog site seems as usual (although the list of recent commentors on the right side of the page also does not reflect any of the recent comments, which I suppose is to be expected).

I’m sending this comment (Fri., 4/24/09, 8:04 p.m.) from an NYU computer (PC) to see what happens.

Hi, Adam!

Last night and tonight I checked this thread from a number of different computers at NYU’s library (using a few different PCs and Macs). These are different from the computer I submitted three comments from on Thursday afternoon (a PC). On the NYU computers none of the comments (including three of mine, three [?] of yours, and one from a third party) are visible — although they were eventually visible, after about a half hour or so, on the PC that I used on Thursday afternoon.

Otherwise your blog site seems as usual (although the list of recent commentors on the right side of the page also does not reflect any of the recent comments, which I suppose is to be expected).

I’m sending this comment (Fri., 4/24/09, 8:04 p.m.) from an NYU computer (PC) to see what happens.