Comments on: A Better Approach to Reduce Drunk Driving

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:17:37 +0000

@ally Like I said before don’t get me wrong, part of the problem is well people. I’ve had way to many friends drive drunk, some who have ended up in jail or accidents. But to try to stop them from driving is like taking away their “freedom”.. nearly impossible. irks me take a cub, walk, bus or crash at a friends but don’t drive.

By: Ally

Ally — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:17:18 +0000

This is one way of looking at the situation.

I used to make fun of some south side locations (Cudahy, St. Francis, etc.), for the number of random bars they had in the middle of their neighborhoods. But really, they’re just on to something.

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:15:38 +0000

@Daniel First good blog! Yea if you look into zoning laws you’ll see all sorts of weird minimum parking requirements for various uses, and of course the taverns ones stand out as the scariest. I’d say they are not thinking.

By: Daniel Nairn

Daniel Nairn — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:43:01 +0000

This is a really interesting topic that doesn’t get that much discussion among planners at all. That quote on minimum parking requirements for bars really hit the point home for me. What are they thinking?

By: AMG

AMG — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:34:38 +0000

Don G: It actually would more than pay for the cost of cabs…likely even limos. Project Road Crew–which utilizes no govt funds–provides limo rides TO AND FROM bars in multiple counties in Wisconsin and lowered drunk driving by 17% in one year. And, if you consider that it costs an average of $65k to clean up after a drunk driving accident, you would think they would find the $20-50 for the cab ride home…

By: The Bellows » Crash

The Bellows » Crash — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:12:09 +0000

[...] makes some excellent points about streetcars. And he quotes a good one from Dave Reid at Urban Milwaukee: As a society we say “don’t drink and drive” but in this [...]

By: Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:51:21 +0000

@JoeW Thanks. yea it’s just crazy…

@Dog G Interesting though there would never be enough cabs in Milwaukee to do this.

By: Don G

Don G — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:40:56 +0000

They should take all the tax money collected from alcohol, as well as the fines from DUIs,and buy people free cab rides home from bars with the money. Wouldn’t work in rural areas but it wouldin metro areas.

By: JoeW

JoeW — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:26:47 +0000

The irony of drinking establishments surrounded by parking has occurred to me many times but I’ve never put that into a good compelling argument like this one. Brilliantly written.