well, not literally but spiritually and emotionally yes. in case you haven't heard i'm looking for a job. not just any job, i have one of those. i mean a great job! one that isn't a soul suck and that needs my passion and energy to make it happen. actually we all need this and i wish you all the courage to search for it. this will be my third career and since i'm a classic late bloomer, it will surprise none of you that it took me this long to get here. whatever! i'm here and i'm ready. they call it transportation demand management or more simply finding another way to get there. i want to work in the arena that encourages folks to get out of cars b/c there are healthier options, and ones that pollute less and dont create code orange smog alert days every day of our lives. to me those things look like: commuter trains from the suburbs, high-speed passenger rail in between major cities, street cars for quaint downtown business district or trolleys, bicycle paths and greenways, and yes hybrid cars for routes within your own hood (and beyond actually).
so i'm walking the talk, going to all the conferences and workshops and having coffee with anyone i can think of who will hire me, connect me with someone, or just give some good advice because you can never have too much of that. so if we haven't talked lately, chime in. who do you know? i want to do this work in athens or decatur/atlanta because i feel i truly want to give back to my hometown and help it get to where many other great cities are in terms of resolving transportation gridlock and congestion nightmares. its doable and i vacation regularly in those places...when i get close to the edge and cant take it much more. so tahoe, here i come...atlanta better hope they dont hire me away out there.
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