I like the Transition Towns project, but is Transition Town Cupertino, or any other city in the Bay Area (with possible exceptions of Marin County), really feasible?

From the CSM article:

US size, car dependence are hurdles

The fact that, unlike the UK, most US communities were built around the car is a challenge for the Transition movement in the US. Another is the na­­tion’s sheer size. “It’s difficult to know how best to organize,” says Pamela Gray (Jennifer’s mother), a trustee of the Transition Network, whose focus is building resilience into healthcare systems. Britain has a strong, cohesive media that reaches a broad audience, she notes, whereas in the US it’s more diffuse.

Perhaps someone can do a sustainability study of the Bay Area and prove me wrong, but I don't think it is, not with the current population level.

Embracing the radical option is very tempting.

From Amish America: Settlements that failed: California dreaming