Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/18/todays-headlines-139/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/18/todays-headlines-139/comment-page-1/#comment-30926 Angus Grieve-Smith Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:11:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/18/todays-headlines-139/#comment-30926 The seaplane idea is a little too creative. As long as we're thinking outside the box, I want a dirigible-port in the Sunnyside Yards. Seriously, Bloomberg thinks that seaplanes are "environmentally friendly" (the Sun's wording) because you can land outside of the city and taxi in? So that means his idea of environmentally friendly is "out of sight, out of mind"? What about the gas consumption and pollution? How much is he thinking of spending to subsidize seaplanes? And how much speed or capacity improvement could we get on the Northeast corridor with that money? If we spent it on THE Tunnel instead (taking M&E trains out of the current tunnel), that would allow us to double the number of trains to DC. How many seaplanes is that? The seaplane idea is a little too creative. As long as we’re thinking outside the box, I want a dirigible-port in the Sunnyside Yards.

Seriously, Bloomberg thinks that seaplanes are “environmentally friendly” (the Sun’s wording) because you can land outside of the city and taxi in? So that means his idea of environmentally friendly is “out of sight, out of mind”? What about the gas consumption and pollution?

How much is he thinking of spending to subsidize seaplanes? And how much speed or capacity improvement could we get on the Northeast corridor with that money? If we spent it on THE Tunnel instead (taking M&E trains out of the current tunnel), that would allow us to double the number of trains to DC. How many seaplanes is that?

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/18/todays-headlines-139/comment-page-1/#comment-30895 ddartley Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:49:29 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/18/todays-headlines-139/#comment-30895 I'm glad the Corzine story is not only going to be a seatbelt story. I'm glad it's drawing attention to the danger of stupidly permissible high speeds. I’m glad the Corzine story is not only going to be a seatbelt story. I’m glad it’s drawing attention to the danger of stupidly permissible high speeds.

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