Opponents to development are the ones ‘stuck in traffic’

I agree with the sentiment expressed in recent letters by Mr. Brown and Ms. Rosen. What I think we all want is a safe environment for our family, the ability to spend time with those we love and hopefully to find reward in our daily life.

However, suppressing all development, particularly the development of retail centers, does not keep us from becoming stuck in traffic and congestion. Mr. Brown referred directly to being “stuck in traffic.” It is Mr. Brown and Ms. Rosen who are still stuck in traffic.

By suppressing development in Agoura Hills we are only forcing ourselves to drive miles elsewhere so that we can then wait in traffic. Does it really matter that the traffic in which we are stuck is in Westlake or Agoura Hills?

As we move from one box, (our home) to another box (our car) to another box (our work) and back again each day we isolate ourselves and make us strangers in our own neighborhoods. We have suburbia but little community. We have opposition but no solution.

Why doesn't Agoura Hills allow retail development intelligently done, build bike and walk paths and effective public transportation that would enable us to live more peaceful lives and help us get to know. It is very difficult to do this when the nearest retail businesses are miles and miles away. Joseph Vandertol Agoura Hills