Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/ 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: brent http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/comment-page-1/#comment-50854 brent Tue, 27 May 2008 16:28:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/#comment-50854 ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Parking’ Here's a line that captures everything that sickens me about the entitlement of motorists: "'You own a house, in front of it, it’s your parking spot,' said Jimmy Tubridy." Um, no sir, it is not your property. It is public property owned and maintained by your fellow tax-paying citizens. You are merely getting more from your tax investment than those of us don't own vehicles. ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Parking’
Here’s a line that captures everything that sickens me about the entitlement of motorists:
“‘You own a house, in front of it, it’s your parking spot,’ said Jimmy Tubridy.”
Um, no sir, it is not your property. It is public property owned and maintained by your fellow tax-paying citizens. You are merely getting more from your tax investment than those of us don’t own vehicles.

]]> By: Geoffrey Hall http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/comment-page-1/#comment-50850 Geoffrey Hall Tue, 27 May 2008 13:57:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/#comment-50850 Anyone watching CNN right now? The morning team were just talking about ways to save gas amongst CNN staff in Atlanta, one traded in their car (going from 13 mpg to 33 mpg), talking about carsharing websites etc... THEN one of the announcers (Heidi Collins) said she was biking to work, and described it, then broke out laughing at the prospect of it ... mocking the very idea of biking to work! We have a long way to go. Anyone watching CNN right now?

The morning team were just talking about ways to save gas amongst CNN staff in Atlanta, one traded in their car (going from 13 mpg to 33 mpg), talking about carsharing websites etc…

THEN one of the announcers (Heidi Collins) said she was biking to work, and described it, then broke out laughing at the prospect of it … mocking the very idea of biking to work!

We have a long way to go.

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/comment-page-1/#comment-50849 Cap'n Transit Tue, 27 May 2008 13:45:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/#comment-50849 <blockquote>Paul Fleuranges, a spokesman for NYC Transit, said that one reason for the decline is the significant drop in ridership on Staten Island express buses because of traffic on the Verrazano Bridge.</blockquote> I nominate the Verrazano for the next bridge bus lane, then. The MTA, who stands to gain from the increased ridership, also owns the bridge. The DOT has nominated it for one of the pilot "BRT" routes. What are you waiting for, Sander and Sadik-Khan?

Paul Fleuranges, a spokesman for NYC Transit, said that one reason for the decline is the significant drop in ridership on Staten Island express buses because of traffic on the Verrazano Bridge.

I nominate the Verrazano for the next bridge bus lane, then. The MTA, who stands to gain from the increased ridership, also owns the bridge. The DOT has nominated it for one of the pilot “BRT” routes. What are you waiting for, Sander and Sadik-Khan?

]]> By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/comment-page-1/#comment-50848 Mark Walker Tue, 27 May 2008 13:39:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/todays-headlines-411/#comment-50848 From Reuters story: "Crude oil prices -- which comprise more than 70 percent of the cost of gasoline -- have jumped about 30 percent since the start of 2008, driven by worries about tight stocks of refined products in the near term and mounting global demand over the longer term. Oil has risen sixfold since 2002." It's the part within dashes that's noteworthy. Crude oil is the biggest component in gas prices, not oil-company greed. When will our presidential candidates bring this timely piece of information into the national conversation about the developing energy crisis? From Reuters story: “Crude oil prices — which comprise more than 70 percent of the cost of gasoline — have jumped about 30 percent since the start of 2008, driven by worries about tight stocks of refined products in the near term and mounting global demand over the longer term. Oil has risen sixfold since 2002.”

It’s the part within dashes that’s noteworthy. Crude oil is the biggest component in gas prices, not oil-company greed. When will our presidential candidates bring this timely piece of information into the national conversation about the developing energy crisis?

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