Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:16:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: james lee http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/comment-page-1/#comment-38337 james lee Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:56:42 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/#comment-38337 Nice Nice

]]> By: Charles Siegel http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/comment-page-1/#comment-38235 Charles Siegel Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:42:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/#comment-38235 Note that "anti-transit libertarian" Staley wants road pricing so the market can provide more roads. Eg, he would charge market price for driving in Manhattan, and he would use the revenues to build more elevated expressways in Manhattan, to provide all the road space that people want and are willing to pay for. That is the free market approach, but it makes for unlivable cities and an unlivable planet. Note that "anti-transit libertarian" Staley wants road pricing so the market can provide more roads. Eg, he would charge market price for driving in Manhattan, and he would use the revenues to build more elevated expressways in Manhattan, to provide all the road space that people want and are willing to pay for.

That is the free market approach, but it makes for unlivable cities and an unlivable planet.

]]> By: drose http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/comment-page-1/#comment-38231 drose Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:04:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/#comment-38231 On the fare hike - It's interesting how two pieces of information that the MTA puts out on the proposed fare hike don't jibe with one another. In the "Fare Facts" flyer, the proposed off-peak and on-peak fares are $1.50 and $2.00. In the Public Hearing brochures, the off-peak fare will be "no higher than $1.75" and the peak fare will be no higher than $2.25. Why the specificity in the brochure and lack of it in the Public Hearing notice? Does the MTA need to give itself legal wiggle room? On the fare hike -
It's interesting how two pieces of information that the MTA puts out on the proposed fare hike don't jibe with one another. In the "Fare Facts" flyer, the proposed off-peak and on-peak fares are $1.50 and $2.00. In the Public Hearing brochures, the off-peak fare will be "no higher than $1.75" and the peak fare will be no higher than $2.25. Why the specificity in the brochure and lack of it in the Public Hearing notice? Does the MTA need to give itself legal wiggle room?

]]> By: Brad Aaron http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/comment-page-1/#comment-38227 Brad Aaron Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:57:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/#comment-38227 Of course, Dave. Thanks. Of course, Dave. Thanks.

]]> By: Dave H. http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/comment-page-1/#comment-38226 Dave H. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:35:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/#comment-38226 Not to be pedantic, but it's not the cops who are unsure about charging the cabbie. That's not their job, "The Manhattan district attorney's office is still deciding whether to charge Chowdury." Not to be pedantic, but it's not the cops who are unsure about charging the cabbie. That's not their job,

"The Manhattan district attorney's office is still deciding whether to charge Chowdury."

]]> By: Bronx Rage http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/comment-page-1/#comment-38215 Bronx Rage Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:15:41 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/#comment-38215 How appropriate to begin planting trees in the Bronx - where the city just razed HUNDREDS OF VERY LARGE TREES on parkland -- to "move" Yankee Stadium without disrupting a season and to build a filtration plant that could have been sited on a brownfield. The counting to a million can not begin until these trees are replaced (by caliper, not number!). Bette Midler, you shouldn't have been a gull! How appropriate to begin planting trees in the Bronx - where the city just razed HUNDREDS OF VERY LARGE TREES on parkland -- to "move" Yankee Stadium without disrupting a season and to build a filtration plant that could have been sited on a brownfield. The counting to a million can not begin until these trees are replaced (by caliper, not number!). Bette Midler, you shouldn't have been a gull!

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/comment-page-1/#comment-38214 gecko Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:11:25 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/10/todays-headlines-258/#comment-38214 Australian scientist Tim Flannery is one more on the mark sounding the alarm. Stopping deforestation immediately reduces current emissions by 25% and is most like feasible. Australian scientist Tim Flannery is one more on the mark sounding the alarm.

Stopping deforestation immediately reduces current emissions by 25% and is most like feasible.

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