Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/ 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: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/comment-page-1/#comment-109491 Larry Littlefield Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:11:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=37761#comment-109491 Desperate times mean desperate measures: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-holds-biggest-garage-sale-to-date-2009-08-27?link=kiosk "To reduce government waste and raise money, the state is selling thousands of items including old cars -- some have Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature on the visor--at what it's calling the Great California Garage Sale. The sale is taking place at a Sacramento warehouse on Friday and Saturday, and on Ebay and Craigslist." Is California the innovator here? No, New York City Transit is. During my first tour of duty there, from 1986 to 1988 (in inventory management), it completed its first-ever inventory, and auctioned off huge amounts of surplus material for significant money, including lots of items sold to transit and rail buffs. I remember going down to the Transit Museum and watching people practically stampeded each other to bid on old train operator badges. Desperate times mean desperate measures:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-holds-biggest-garage-sale-to-date-2009-08-27?link=kiosk

“To reduce government waste and raise money, the state is selling thousands of items including old cars — some have Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature on the visor–at what it’s calling the Great California Garage Sale. The sale is taking place at a Sacramento warehouse on Friday and Saturday, and on Ebay and Craigslist.”

Is California the innovator here? No, New York City Transit is. During my first tour of duty there, from 1986 to 1988 (in inventory management), it completed its first-ever inventory, and auctioned off huge amounts of surplus material for significant money, including lots of items sold to transit and rail buffs. I remember going down to the Transit Museum and watching people practically stampeded each other to bid on old train operator badges.

]]> By: Charles Siegel http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/comment-page-1/#comment-109241 Charles Siegel Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:42:55 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=37761#comment-109241 I think having any car lanes in my neighborhood violates my obligation of modesty: use resources modestly so we leave a livable world to our children. I think having any car lanes in my neighborhood violates my obligation of modesty: use resources modestly so we leave a livable world to our children.

]]> By: glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/comment-page-1/#comment-109001 glenn Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:55:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=37761#comment-109001 Some people think that there needs to be some kind of community "consensus" before bike lanes are installed...like they are some kind of controversial idea from a distant galaxy. Rather, we see time and again that bike lanes (which actually have wide public support from every survey I've seen) start the conversation about sustainable transportation and automobile dependence that a cranky few have been putting off for decades. Some people think that there needs to be some kind of community “consensus” before bike lanes are installed…like they are some kind of controversial idea from a distant galaxy. Rather, we see time and again that bike lanes (which actually have wide public support from every survey I’ve seen) start the conversation about sustainable transportation and automobile dependence that a cranky few have been putting off for decades.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/comment-page-1/#comment-108961 Mitch Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:25:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=37761#comment-108961 If the Nobel Peace Prize committee isn't interested, can we nominate Baruch Herzfeld for a MacArthur Foundation genius grant? If the Nobel Peace Prize committee isn’t interested, can we nominate Baruch Herzfeld for a MacArthur Foundation genius grant?

]]> By: jj http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/comment-page-1/#comment-108941 jj Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:20:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=37761#comment-108941 " The unmarked car - an anti-crime unit from the 109th Precinct - had a green light, a police union source said, adding that Villa was intoxicated. " Multiple witnesses say the car did NOT have a light. How are they allowed to lie like this? And how was Villa being intoxicated affect anything if he had the crosswalk signal? And considering the last lie, thats probably also not true. I hope hes a religious nut who never drinks so he can sue over false accusations. ” The unmarked car – an anti-crime unit from the 109th Precinct – had a green light, a police union source said, adding that Villa was intoxicated. ”

Multiple witnesses say the car did NOT have a light. How are they allowed to lie like this?

And how was Villa being intoxicated affect anything if he had the crosswalk signal? And considering the last lie, thats probably also not true. I hope hes a religious nut who never drinks so he can sue over false accusations.

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/comment-page-1/#comment-108901 Cap'n Transit Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:03:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=37761#comment-108901 <blockquote>Riverdalers Wonder What Took So Long to Fix 181st Street Station Ceiling</blockquote> Maybe it wouldn't have taken so long if their representatives hadn't <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/06/councilman-koppell-wants-sadik-kahn-fired-over-turn-signal/" rel="nofollow">been fixated on turn signals</a> and <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/08/new-congestion-pricing-plan-same-jeffrey-dinowitz/" rel="nofollow">starving the system of money</a>.

Riverdalers Wonder What Took So Long to Fix 181st Street Station Ceiling

Maybe it wouldn’t have taken so long if their representatives hadn’t been fixated on turn signals and starving the system of money.

]]> By: JSD http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/28/todays-headlines-723/comment-page-1/#comment-108871 JSD Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:20:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=37761#comment-108871 Unmarked Cop Car Runs Light, Strikes and Injures Pedestrian on Queens Blvd "There was no criminality involved in the crash, a police source said Thursday night." It's just a lost cause, isn't it? Unmarked Cop Car Runs Light, Strikes and Injures Pedestrian on Queens Blvd

“There was no criminality involved in the crash, a police source said Thursday night.”

It’s just a lost cause, isn’t it?

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