Comments on: Today’s Headlines

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:41:29 +0000

“Bloomberg: Selling Bridges Won’t Fix Toll-Shopping Traffic”

Well duh – as long as there are some crossings that have tolls and some that don’t, there will be toll-shopping traffic.

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:36:56 +0000

Good point about Lincoln Cap’n though he was a railroad lawyer he sued the railroads. Those were public private partnerships though and very exploitive of their monopoly position to scam bonds and real estate. La plus ca change….

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:13:02 +0000

An interesting obituary of a man who rode his bicycle all over the world about 6,000 miles per year, before being killed by an automobile at age 74.

http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12202333

By: Steven O'Neill

Steven O'Neill — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:08:51 +0000

Re: “Queens Beep: Performance Parking Is a Money Grab”

Doesn’t Shoup predict this reaction?

And doesn’t he recommend using the money back to the local neighborhoods to further improve the streetscape?

Is the city not doing this with “Smart Parking”?

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:46:59 +0000

The Whitestone intersection in question illustrates some of the shortcomings of the DOT's current traffic calming toolbox. The DOT converted a driving lane into a buffered bike lane, but there are still cars crashing into buildings, and the residents still feel unsafe crossing the street. What would Monderman do?

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:32:04 +0000

In the next car, Biden told another passenger that “If we get elected, it will be the most train-friendly administration ever.”

Friendlier than the Lincoln administration?