tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post4482886577134170518..comments2023-10-26T10:14:30.017-04:00Comments on "Green is Good": Do It For RichardSchultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081403187993259643noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-54688438087238226532009-07-02T21:37:16.829-04:002009-07-02T21:37:16.829-04:00That I have not. I'll start to pay attention ...That I have not. I'll start to pay attention when I see "Plans pushed by somebody who won or looks like they could win an election" or something similar. <br /><br />I have absolute confidence that there are people who can (and possibly have) designed useful transit systems for the region. Very possibly you can name these people. I'm also certain that there are brilliant designers at GM. But, GM made the Aztec and I'm guessing that whatever comes out of regional transit planning won't be that good.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-79623908995009072912009-07-02T20:05:29.636-04:002009-07-02T20:05:29.636-04:00"I tend to assume any large scale public work..."I tend to assume any large scale public works effort to construct new transit is likely to be a pork-laden white elephant that provides no benefits to me or anyone I know (see tunnel under the Allegheny)."<br /><br />I think I can surmise from your commentary MH that you have not come remotely close to looking at the plans on the table.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-44272014708370314242009-07-01T23:40:17.494-04:002009-07-01T23:40:17.494-04:00I tend to assume any large scale public works effo...I tend to assume any large scale public works effort to construct new transit is likely to be a pork-laden white elephant that provides no benefits to me or anyone I know (see tunnel under the Allegheny). This may or may not be a common attitude, but it is clear that support for public transit drops pretty quickly once you start asking for money and more support is what the Port Authority needs. <br /><br />Obviously, the best way to get support is to run an effective transit system that meets the needs of the public and encourages them to become transit users and therefore to support funding for it. Since that is clearly out of the question, I think the PA should use negative advertising. <br /><br />Instead of saying that good bus service is needed to keep older residents from being trapped at home, the PA should run ads that suggest better bus service is needed to keep older drivers from blocking two lanes on 5th Avenue at rush hour with a twenty-year-old Chrysler. Instead of running ads in the City Paper trying to tell students how great the bus is for them, they should be running ads in the Trib suggesting to older residents that it might be better if kids stupid enough to pierce their noses could get to where they need to be without the rest of us having to share the road with them. Instead telling self-indulgent yuppies that the bus is much more fuel efficient than a hybrid, suggest that the bus is the perfect place for anybody without $30k to blow on a car. <br /><br />The unstated motto: “It’s good enough for them”. I’m guessing that there are dozens of people who could figure out the right, non-insulting code words for this and that are going to be short of work between now and the 2012 election season.MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-76261560412459671862009-07-01T14:54:45.305-04:002009-07-01T14:54:45.305-04:00My guess is that the PA already decided what they ...My guess is that the PA already decided what they are going to do and that the whole public comment process is just for show. They don't have the resources to provide adequate services to all areas and any new resources they get are going into a hole in the ground (under the Allegheny).MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-68758124739268299172009-07-01T13:49:58.485-04:002009-07-01T13:49:58.485-04:00MH, there's a difference between Access and PA...MH, there's a difference between Access and PAT. Access is geared more toward people for whom regular bus transportation is difficult (usually those with disabilities). <br /><br />I would have liked to have seen some kind of TDP kit that could be sent out to the public libraries, where more people could have access to it.Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498571066166908059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-11104819210099733572009-07-01T10:49:38.807-04:002009-07-01T10:49:38.807-04:00Don't they already have a special service to t...Don't they already have a special service to transport the elderly?MHnoreply@blogger.com