Comments on: Feds Gambled More on Electric Cars in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/feds-gambled-more-on-electric-cars-in-6-months-than-transit-gets-all-year/ 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: Ian Turner http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/feds-gambled-more-on-electric-cars-in-6-months-than-transit-gets-all-year/comment-page-1/#comment-143941 Ian Turner Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:49:24 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78421#comment-143941 Also, let's not forget that we're funding these companies using debt, not extra money that we have lying around. Also, let’s not forget that we’re funding these companies using debt, not extra money that we have lying around.

]]> By: Ian Turner http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/feds-gambled-more-on-electric-cars-in-6-months-than-transit-gets-all-year/comment-page-1/#comment-143931 Ian Turner Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:48:50 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78421#comment-143931 Clutch, That is almost certainly the case with respect to today's policitized and inefficient non-hybrid bus service, but it is emphatically not the case with respect to passenger rail. The big question here, though, is: If the government is investing in alternative transportation fuels, how come the state is taking all of the risk and none of the reward? If the business fails, the state loses out, but if the business takes off, the state just brakes even. Clutch,

That is almost certainly the case with respect to today’s policitized and inefficient non-hybrid bus service, but it is emphatically not the case with respect to passenger rail.

The big question here, though, is: If the government is investing in alternative transportation fuels, how come the state is taking all of the risk and none of the reward? If the business fails, the state loses out, but if the business takes off, the state just brakes even.

]]> By: Clutch J http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/27/feds-gambled-more-on-electric-cars-in-6-months-than-transit-gets-all-year/comment-page-1/#comment-143861 Clutch J Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:13:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=78421#comment-143861 Air quality and mobility are two recognized criteria for evaluating transportation investments for which plug-in electric hybrids likely outperform transit on a per-dollar basis. Transit of course also offers placemaking and livability benefits, considersations that are dear to Streetsblog readers but not yet enshrined in statute or regulation. Air quality and mobility are two recognized criteria for evaluating transportation investments for which plug-in electric hybrids likely outperform transit on a per-dollar basis.

Transit of course also offers placemaking and livability benefits, considersations that are dear to Streetsblog readers but not yet enshrined in statute or regulation.

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