Comments on: Today’s Headlines

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:42:35 +0000

Anyone hear Harry Reid and Kit Bond shilling for the bailout today? Apparently we need it so that people can buy cars and build highways.

By: Mr. Transit

Mr. Transit — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:33:21 +0000

The $30 million announced by Sec. Peters is actually for intercity passenger rail projects and is administered via the Federal Railway Admin. It is the first time ever (?) that U.S. DOT has had an intercity passenger rail matching program for states and localities.

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:35:00 +0000

Come on you guys. 30 million will buy 15 commuter rail cars, that spread among the fifty states will save a lot of gas. We have 300 million citizens, thats a dime a piece! Stop complaining and take the money.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:47:30 +0000

"Larry, sometimes we just deliver the straight info and count on you, the commenter, to provide the editorial perspective." And what's the AP's excuse. I get the feeling that the media believes all "illions" are the same. Our debts are TRILLIONS. That's a million millions.

By: rex

rex — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:23:44 +0000

Four more years of Bloomberg? Hmmm, I am a strong supporter of term limits, but this gets some traction with me, mostly because of Sadik-Kahn. Lots of things seem to be pointed in the right direction, and I would hate to see a (re)turn to the darkside. However, I remember it took Bloomberg about 7 years to smote Darth Iris.

By: Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:36:09 +0000

Larry, sometimes we just deliver the straight info and count on you, the commenter, to provide the editorial perspective.

By: Moocow

Moocow — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:36:06 +0000

As a boat captain, GPS units in cars offend me, talking units, that you "obey" even more.

I cant believe there are no photos of the Train vs Abandoned Car crash. Come on, lets have some obliterated car porn!

By: JP

JP — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:30:50 +0000

$30 million? Forgive me if I'm not overcome with joy.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:14:05 +0000

So Streetsblog is going along with the propaganda?

$30 million for the whole country is nothing. NOTHING! Money for design? Meaningless. State and local governments can't borrow anymore, and tax revenues are going to collapse.

If the AP is going to report something like this, I guess you can't blame Streetsblog is joining the fraud by not providing any perspective.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:44:10 +0000

The $30 million (not clear what budget stream it comes from) includes $1.52 million to design a fourth track and upgrade the switches at the Rensselaer train station.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:55:18 +0000

privatizing assets like bridges? so the owner can profit and be bailed out when they need major upgrades?

will we have the lehman brothers brooklyn bridge? with a logo on it? and is would brodsky (quoted in the article) support it? it could end up being a highly regressive double tax, no? once for the company to set the pricing... then again when the state bails them out.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:40:42 +0000

Il Duce.

By: Susan Donovan

Susan Donovan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:26:16 +0000

too many of those racks only let you lock the front wheel-- this is NYC. that won't fly.