Comments on: Danger: Journalist With Windshield Perspective Ahead http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/24/danger-journalist-with-windshield-perspective-ahead/ 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: Think_twice http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/24/danger-journalist-with-windshield-perspective-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-66977 Think_twice Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:33:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5970#comment-66977 Here's another one from CNN's Drew Griffin. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2009/03/16/griffin.high.speed.rail.cnn" rel="nofollow">"Derailing $8B for trains"</a> If the link doesn't work then copy/paste this: "http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2009/03/16/griffin.high.speed.rail.cnn" After watching this I sent him an email where I asked if this was a report or a commentary. And if it was a report, then next time spare us the snide, dismissive tone. I thought I was watching Fox News. Drew Griffin was definitely drinking the Hatorade when he put out this whiny litany of cons for high-speed. His "expert" from USC didn't put out any specific alternatives. Drew couldn't be bothered to explore (even a little bit) how automobile and oil interests may have lobbied to undermine the 1965 High-speed Rail Act. Here’s another one from CNN’s Drew Griffin.

“Derailing $8B for trains”

If the link doesn’t work then copy/paste this: “http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2009/03/16/griffin.high.speed.rail.cnn”

After watching this I sent him an email where I asked if this was a report or a commentary. And if it was a report, then next time spare us the snide, dismissive tone. I thought I was watching Fox News.

Drew Griffin was definitely drinking the Hatorade when he put out this whiny litany of cons for high-speed. His “expert” from USC didn’t put out any specific alternatives. Drew couldn’t be bothered to explore (even a little bit) how automobile and oil interests may have lobbied to undermine the 1965 High-speed Rail Act.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/04/24/danger-journalist-with-windshield-perspective-ahead/comment-page-1/#comment-66921 gecko Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:44:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5970#comment-66921 There are considerable asymmetries in perceptions of "serious" transport in terms of size, power, expense, complexity, etc. even in the recent, very important, and highly laudable New York City report on public bicycle systems: "Bike-Share Opportunities in New York City, 2009", since scale and technology development (none) recommendations fall significantly below what a "serious" cost-benefit analysis could potentially indicate good economic sense. There are considerable asymmetries in perceptions of “serious” transport in terms of size, power, expense, complexity, etc. even in the recent, very important, and highly laudable New York City report on public bicycle systems: “Bike-Share Opportunities in New York City, 2009″, since scale and technology development (none) recommendations fall significantly below what a “serious” cost-benefit analysis could potentially indicate good economic sense.

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