Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/ 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: vnm http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/comment-page-1/#comment-46025 vnm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:19:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/#comment-46025 By the way, CNN had a similar story last week as well: http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/05/news/economy/AAA_study/?postversion=2008030515 By the way, CNN had a similar story last week as well:

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/05/news/economy/AAA_study/?postversion=2008030515

]]> By: vnm http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/comment-page-1/#comment-46023 vnm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:18:41 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/#comment-46023 The other evening as I was walking out of the apartment, I saw the immediate aftermath of a crash. Some idiot motorist had slammed directly into a beautiful ornate lamp post, wrecking the front of his or her SUV, as well as the lamp post. The ambulance was there, taking a passenger away to the hospital, along with a bunch of cop cars. Who will pay for the lamp post replacement or restoration? The driver's insurance, or the City (i.e., all taxpayers)? Incedentally, had that lamp post not been there, the driver could have seriously injured or killed someone! The other evening as I was walking out of the apartment, I saw the immediate aftermath of a crash. Some idiot motorist had slammed directly into a beautiful ornate lamp post, wrecking the front of his or her SUV, as well as the lamp post. The ambulance was there, taking a passenger away to the hospital, along with a bunch of cop cars.

Who will pay for the lamp post replacement or restoration? The driver’s insurance, or the City (i.e., all taxpayers)?

Incedentally, had that lamp post not been there, the driver could have seriously injured or killed someone!

]]> By: anonymous http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/comment-page-1/#comment-46022 anonymous Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:01:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/#comment-46022 Well of course car crashes have a high cost: the whole economic premise of the automobile is that it takes work that can be done by a small number of people for a reasonable amount of money, and pushes it out to be done by the entire population at a much higher cost, both direct and indirect. Well of course car crashes have a high cost: the whole economic premise of the automobile is that it takes work that can be done by a small number of people for a reasonable amount of money, and pushes it out to be done by the entire population at a much higher cost, both direct and indirect.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/comment-page-1/#comment-46009 ddartley Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:42:40 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/#comment-46009 Also today, an MSN Money article, "The True Cost of Car Crashes." "A study tallies the cost of accidents -- fatalities, damage, lost pay -- and finds car-dependent smaller cities paying a huge burden. See how your city fared." http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourCar/InsureYourCarDyn.aspx?cp-documentid=6411682&GT1=33004 Also today, an MSN Money article, “The True Cost of Car Crashes.”

“A study tallies the cost of accidents — fatalities, damage, lost pay — and finds car-dependent smaller cities paying a huge burden. See how your city fared.”

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourCar/InsureYourCarDyn.aspx?cp-documentid=6411682&GT1=33004

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/comment-page-1/#comment-46008 Larry Littlefield Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:42:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/#comment-46008 What doom? The MTA was counting on $8 billion in capital funding from the federal government, plus $4.5 billion in congestion pricing revenues. But Anthony Weiner has personally guaranteed, staking his Mayoral campaign on it, that if congestion pricing is not passed he will ensure that the federal government will come up with the money to replace CP without taking back money from New York somewhere else! And Richard Brodsky has personally guaranteed other money from Albany for the rest of the plan! And Lew Fidler has personally guaranteed that not only would all those needs be funded, but with an additional tax designed not to hit the retired and independently wealthy, we will also have the most transportation spending since the 1950s, despite the growing needs of aging population! And all this despite already having the highest state and local tax burden in the U.S. Remember, these men have promised. Will the press make their promises "old news" as of three weeks from now, if CP is not passed? Or the very measure of their political careers, and honesty and integrity, if they do not deliver? What doom?

The MTA was counting on $8 billion in capital funding from the federal government, plus $4.5 billion in congestion pricing revenues.

But Anthony Weiner has personally guaranteed, staking his Mayoral campaign on it, that if congestion pricing is not passed he will ensure that the federal government will come up with the money to replace CP without taking back money from New York somewhere else!

And Richard Brodsky has personally guaranteed other money from Albany for the rest of the plan!

And Lew Fidler has personally guaranteed that not only would all those needs be funded, but with an additional tax designed not to hit the retired and independently wealthy, we will also have the most transportation spending since the 1950s, despite the growing needs of aging population!

And all this despite already having the highest state and local tax burden in the U.S.

Remember, these men have promised. Will the press make their promises “old news” as of three weeks from now, if CP is not passed? Or the very measure of their political careers, and honesty and integrity, if they do not deliver?

]]> By: Dave H http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/comment-page-1/#comment-46006 Dave H Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:14:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/13/todays-headlines-359/#comment-46006 Is anyone familiar enough with City Council to know where online you can see a copy of the new legislation? I poked around on the website and couldn't find it. Is anyone familiar enough with City Council to know where online you can see a copy of the new legislation? I poked around on the website and couldn’t find it.

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