Comments on: Meet the New DOT… Again http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/ 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: Michael1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43103 Michael1 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:09:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/#comment-43103 Maybe the DOT has a chance of being a functional agency. Maybe the DOT has a chance of being a functional agency.

]]> By: Chris in Sacramento http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43099 Chris in Sacramento Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:09:24 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/#comment-43099 It's fabulous that reformers are getting a crack at running a major city's DOT. I know of nothing similar happening in California. It’s fabulous that reformers are getting a crack at running a major city’s DOT. I know of nothing similar happening in California.

]]> By: Charles Siegel http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43095 Charles Siegel Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:19:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/#comment-43095 In the Legislative Assembly of 1791, the conservatives rushed to sit on the the right side of the chairman, who was facing them, because this was considered the more honored place, so the radicals had to go the his left. That is why we still call conservatives the right and liberals the left. So I think the wiseasses are right: it depends whether people are on the right or left as you face them, not on whether they are on _her_ right or left. In the Legislative Assembly of 1791, the conservatives rushed to sit on the the right side of the chairman, who was facing them, because this was considered the more honored place, so the radicals had to go the his left. That is why we still call conservatives the right and liberals the left.

So I think the wiseasses are right: it depends whether people are on the right or left as you face them, not on whether they are on _her_ right or left.

]]> By: IfYerGonnaBeAWiseass... http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43094 IfYerGonnaBeAWiseass... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:48:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/#comment-43094 The old-timers are on _her_ left. The old-timers are on _her_ left.

]]> By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43091 Angus Grieve-Smith Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:53:15 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/#comment-43091 <blockquote>Is it significant that the New DOT people are on the left and the Old DOT people are on the right?</blockquote> In true revolutionary spirit, they reenact the French <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legislative_Assembly_and_the_fall_of_the_French_monarchy" rel="nofollow">Legislative Assembly of 1791</a> at every staff meeting. I'm not going to speculate on who are the Girondins and who are the Jacobins.

Is it significant that the New DOT people are on the left and the Old DOT people are on the right?

In true revolutionary spirit, they reenact the French Legislative Assembly of 1791 at every staff meeting. I’m not going to speculate on who are the Girondins and who are the Jacobins.

]]> By: fdr http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-43090 fdr Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:36:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/16/meet-the-new-dot-again/#comment-43090 Is it significant that the New DOT people are on the left and the Old DOT people are on the right? Is it significant that the New DOT people are on the left and the Old DOT people are on the right?

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