[All] Fwd: Proposed Innovation Corridors

[Robert Milligan]

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> From: Robert Milligan <mill at continuum.org>
> Date: December 8, 2010 6:28:14 PM GMT-05:00
> To: John Shortreed <shortreed at uwaterloo.ca>
> Cc: * Global Neuro-Net * <gnn at continuum.org>
> Subject: Proposed Innovation Corridors
>
> John,
>
> Thank you for sending me a copy of the "brainstormed" thoughts  
> (included below) on your proposed new context for buses (the second  
> love of your life). I appreciate that you are devoting significant  
> time to trying to improve our Region.
>
> Certainly we agree that the Region's current approach to LRT is not  
> adequate (I'm beginning to fear the possible reality of the  
> expression "costly white elephant" -- although there is great  
> potential in the Region's current LRT Plan if the P. Eng. 's there  
> can miraculously overcome their Innovation-aversion and related risk- 
> aversion.)
>
> Your solution to the Region's LRT dilemma is more buses to be used  
> in innovative ways. Mine is better designed buses -- also used in  
> innovative ways -- integrated with a more cost-effective LRT system  
> design running through the central core of the Tri-cities. I will  
> complete soon a unique approach to my proposed enhancements of the  
> Region' s LRT system design.
>
> I must admit that you have been a bit of an inspiration to advance  
> further my IDEAS about placing the LRT within the context of a  
> "Collaborative IDEAS Culture". (Early on I had used "Collaborative  
> Innovation Culture" on my election website.)
>
> I agree with the sentiment in you sentence, "The (innovation)  
> corridors would be an outward and visible sign of an innovative  
> spirit and culture". However I am a little puzzled by your vague  
> religious aside, "... are there any poets out there with a better  
> replacement for 'inward and spirited grace' from the King James  
> version?".  While I agree with the IDEA of a God within us (the  
> ancient mystical tradition), you seem to be suggesting that the IDEA  
> for Innovation Corridors came through you from the Grace of our  
> inner God. This is a very interesting possibility but is not a God- 
> like use of Grace. Let me elaborate.
>
> My theological understanding of Grace is that God does good things  
> for Humans and other  Creatures for no specific reason except from  
> goodness of  "Heart". Your motivation in proposing Innovation  
> Corridors seems to have on object -- a new way to sell buses! (For  
> some unexplainable -- or inadequately explained -- reason you seem  
> addicted to buses, with the occasional partial recovery into a "many- 
> stop slower moving streetcar between K-W downtowns" state of mind.)
>
> Despite the doubtful veracity of your implied God-source claim for  
> the IDEA of Innovation Corridors, I find much food for thought here  
> and an overlap with my new IDEAS of "IDEAS Streets" and "Sustainable  
> Innovation Areas". Alas, it is indeed unfortunate that your very  
> strong belief in the exclusive use of buses -- despite the  
> intermittent wavering towards streetcar LRTs from your Soul -- makes  
> any exploratory dialogue with you about new transit (and related)  
> IDEAS very unlikely,
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
> P.S.: Further in the direction of a Regional "Collaborative IDEAS  
> Culture", I just learned the the CPL will launch Feb 1 a new public  
> libraries emphasis called, "IDEAS Unlimited". The IDEAS avalanche is  
> beginning!
>
>
>

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