What San Diego leaders should have considered

Re “City approves controversial plan for high-rises farther from transit” (Feb. 14): A little information for our City Council.

1. All trips have a to and from. You may live next to a transit line but that does not mean that you work near one or that a store or your doctor is near one.

2. San Diego is not flat. One mile up a hill can be daunting with an armload of groceries and a small child.

3. Bus routes change. Houses once on a route can be left far from a stop when the line is rerouted.

4. Many bus routes have limited service — especially on weekends and nights.

P.S. I would like to know if any of the San Diego City Council members have ever gone shopping using our transit system.

Suzy Leif

Bay Ho

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at the quote from San Diego City Council member Monica Montgomery Steppe claiming that “You will walk a mile to transit if you have to.”

The council ignored study after scientific study that shows that people will not walk a mile to transit and most in that situation will make other choices. This is not a future we should be inventing as we attempt to transition to more successful transit usage and the development necessary to support it. Have we forgotten the purpose of planning — that is to place density so we won’t have to walk a mile to get transit? Spreading it around ensures we won’t get the density necessary for effective transit.

Worst of all: a planning department representing this as good planning when it’s clearly not.

Carolyn Chase

Pacific Beach