Posts Tagged ‘commuter rail’
From the Blogs
Two great posts came online in the last couple weeks which I thought were worth sharing. The first is Thomas from Mean Green Cougar Red with his thoughts on the recent uptick in truck sales: Now that gas prices have fallen from last summer’s peak of $147/barrel to their current price of around $40/barrel, you [...]
Reasons 1, 2 and 3 why we need transit!
This article in the LA Times got me thinking… I generally enjoy reading about transportation related issues, it’s fun seeing all the different perspectives, people who have ‘evidence’ that transit saves money smash their heads against people who have ‘evidence’ that it costs money. Everything costs money, get over it. All transportation is subsidized, congratulations. [...]
Commuters instead of circulators? Bad idea.
Houston Strategies today suggests abandoning three of the planned light-rail lines in order to free up funds for other projects. In place of those lines, he suggests improved bus service, and investment in the commuter rail and improvements to the commuter bus system. His suggestion is that we cannot afford the investment in the north [...]
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