If you can help George in Florida pls contact him direct.

Dave

Dave Wetzel
Vice-chair, Transport for London

-----Original Message-----
From: George Schrader [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 June 2004 03:17
To: Wetzel Dave
Subject: Re: Info' re Land Value Tax


Thanks Dave
Please do, send all you can, I am hungry for information on developments in
transport and new sustainable community designs.

Much appreciated.

George Schrader
1208 Grace Avenue
Panama City FL 32401

Cell  850 527 7612

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Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 3:34 AM
Subject: RE: Info' re Land Value Tax

Cheers George. Good to hear from you and learn about your local experiences.
I'll send articles and also fwd relevant websites.

Dave Wetzel; Vice-Chair; Transport for London.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Schrader [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 11 June 2004 04:09
> To: Wetzel Dave
> Subject: Re: Info' re Land Value Tax
>
>
> Hello Dave
>
> Yes I have had the same realization.
>
> Did you visit the Integrated transport site?
Integrated Transport System. Also called " InTranSys" so as not to be
confused with "Intelligent Transport Systems.
http://personalpages.tds.net/~cimarron/left%20index.html

>
> The higher speeds of a IT system 150 MPH would preclude using the current
> highway ROW of 70 MPH. An implementation would take a new route through
> Rural undeveloped properties. Minimizing the cost of property in
> development, Yet any development directly connected with this type of
> transport system would achieve unprecedented personal, public, and
> commercial abilities. Automated transport is an awesome achievement about
> which our modern society has no comprehension of its enormous economic
> benefits.
>
> The area I live in is unusual in that it is relatively unconnected to
> Interstate highways. The development here is speeding but hampered by the
> lack of an interstate connection. There are two main business interests. 1
> Tourism and 2 Development being from a select few who acquired nearly all
> this area in the 30's.
>
> I have been entertaining the idea of gaining an implementation to the
north
> to a major city.
> Several hundred miles. The effect would be that this area with its white
> beaches and temperate climate, would then be closer in time and cost than
> any other to the entire North AMERICAN CONTINENT. I would expect that
> overall land values would double possibly triple.

> One Developer owns most of the property and although I am not sure what
the value is of their holdings. I would suspect it is at least 1 trillion.
> Doubling that I would suspect will please them and perhaps even prompt
them to support efforts at funding the implementation.
>
> I believe that a significant implementation could be achieved in 5 to 10
> years depending on the limits in funding availability.

> Sorry I could not open the files you sent as for some reason I cannot open
> word documents. Program crashes every time.

> George Schrader
> 1208 Grace Avenue
> Panama City FL 32401

> Cell  850 527 7612

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wetzel Dave" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "'George Schrader'" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:46 AM
> Subject: Info' re Land Value Tax
>

> > Hi George
> > Thanks for your e-mail.
> >
> > I am involved in investigating how increased land values might be used
to fund transport infrastructure. As transport investment adds considerable
amounts to land values, I believe that Land Value Tax would be a good method
for recycling this value.
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Dave Wetzel
> > Vice-chair, TfL.> >
> >
> >
Original Message-----
From: George Schrader [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 June 2004 11:31
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [NewMobilityCafe] Project IT rethinking transport


Yes rethinking Transport has the ability to end poverty. The designs I have
seen show the ability to carry out transport with out any realitive energy
or resource consumption.

Care to imagine what impacts removing those cost from transport means?

What economic difference would it make in determining the cost of goods and
services?

I suspect it would at minimum remove 1/2 the cost of producing goods and
services. More likely about 70% could be removed over all because of the
larger efficiencies of achieving automated processes.

Removing transports energy and resource consumptions is only one of the many
benefits.

The clear and precise ability to end accidents is no small benefit. Here in
the US we spend trwice as much on accidents every year as we do on highways.
Deaths and horrible injuries that simply do not need to be.

Activities who presently consume an enormous amount of energy and resources.
Consumptions when  removed and then then made all that more available toward
more deserving pursuits.

The difference it will make in freeing these huge amounts of energy and
resources is awesome.

Ending poverty means to me making available the necessary energy and
resources that population needs to achieve a modern like level of
well-being. The adequate availability of food, water, shelter, education and
healthcare. All the human population could achieve these things merely
through modernizing transport into that extremely more efficient process it
clearly can be.

What say you? I am not sure any one is interested or listening?


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