tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post541643180398939839..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: The Short End of the Stick Is Still LongPantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-16565600589616224452009-07-30T20:32:46.528-07:002009-07-30T20:32:46.528-07:00Make them cringe that freeway funding is going to ...Make them cringe that freeway funding is going to be reduced. They've had it too good for too long and smog just looks disgusting. Reduce freeway funding from 90% to 50% just to send them awol, tack on a two EIS and boost transit match to 70% with one EIS. <br /><br />Sorry, we got enough roads, time to redevelop downtowns, promote small business, and sustainable development.political_incorrectnessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-84053812342639148522009-07-29T20:22:59.370-07:002009-07-29T20:22:59.370-07:00And road projects should get a mandatory 50% state...And road projects should get a mandatory 50% state/local match. Retroactively applied to the entire Interstate system, if possible. Until states pay back the former misguided generosity of the federal government, they get no funds for new construction or expansion.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-56067466756471400982009-07-29T20:12:34.751-07:002009-07-29T20:12:34.751-07:00If only there was some way to level the playing fi...If only there was some way to level the playing field first, and then see how the "cost effectiveness" rules stand up ... specify that all transport projects get judged by the same criteria, and there's no way that it would be permitted for road projects to jump over the same hurdles as transit projects.BruceMcFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502035881761277885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-76794462822302521902009-07-29T18:44:23.152-07:002009-07-29T18:44:23.152-07:00These guys must be thinking this about the overhea...These guys must be thinking this about the overhead wires: "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! It's the end of Western civilization!!! We're all going to Hell!"<br /><br />Okay. Really, the part about "going to Hell" may itself be sounding outlandish. It's just, rather, this, and I'm going to say it again:<br /><br />"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! It's the end of Western civilization!!!"<br /><br />And this silly, so-called "cost effectiveness index" needs to be abolished, and fast. I don't care what the f**k Mary Peters, who luckily isn't in the DOT anymore, says.Matt Fishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-26149432663127857812009-07-29T07:26:13.295-07:002009-07-29T07:26:13.295-07:00Great photo! The anti-streetcar reactionaries here...Great photo! The anti-streetcar reactionaries here in DC always seem to forget about air quality. To them, overhead wires equal armageddon but thousands of children with asthma does not seem to bother them.rghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833026191975286895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-39020654510005260362009-07-29T07:04:50.489-07:002009-07-29T07:04:50.489-07:00Aspects here stink of O'Toole's or Cox'...Aspects here stink of O'Toole's or Cox's "work".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com