Comments on: Taking Charge http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/ Mass Transit's editor, Fred Jandt, speaks weekly on critical issues facing the public transportation industry. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:20:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Michael Radelt http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-315 Michael Radelt Thu, 03 May 2007 19:45:09 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-315 I think the governor did the right thing. We need to do more and more of rail/busing in the United States. We have to cut the congestion and save on fuel. I live in Michigan. We have a US highway where there is a lot of people commute on it everyday to/from Ann Arbor. The road is only a divided 2 lane highway. For the stretch to resolve the congestion it would cost over $500 million. At this point there is a strong push to use a rail line and busing to cut down on this congestion. The cost to do this would be very nominal to the cost of the expansion of the road. The State of Michigan will cannot fund the cost because it is a US highway and no federal funds are available because it is not an interstate. I think the governor did the right thing. We need to do more and more of rail/busing in the United States. We have to cut the congestion and save on fuel. I live in Michigan. We have a US highway where there is a lot of people commute on it everyday to/from Ann Arbor. The road is only a divided 2 lane highway. For the stretch to resolve the congestion it would cost over $500 million. At this point there is a strong push to use a rail line and busing to cut down on this congestion. The cost to do this would be very nominal to the cost of the expansion of the road. The State of Michigan will cannot fund the cost because it is a US highway and no federal funds are available because it is not an interstate.

]]> By: Bob Beard http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-314 Bob Beard Thu, 03 May 2007 19:39:09 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-314 To finish up . . . "What the h*** were they thinking?" Many months ago I e-mailed them back and told them how wrong I was. Governor Schwarzenegger has been one of the most effective office holders in that State. Tough start, maybe, but from way out here on the "Sunny Side", I salute him. Maybe we should find a way to let him run for President. To finish up . . . “What the h*** were they thinking?” Many months ago I e-mailed them back and told them how wrong I was. Governor Schwarzenegger has been one of the most effective office holders in that State. Tough start, maybe, but from way out here on the “Sunny Side”, I salute him. Maybe we should find a way to let him run for President.

]]> By: Bob Beard http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-313 Bob Beard Thu, 03 May 2007 19:35:35 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-313 I have since admitted that when Arnold Schwarzenegger was first elected Governor of California, I e-mailed all my Cali-fornia friends and tald them they deserved who they voted for. "What the h*** were they thinking? I have since admitted that when Arnold Schwarzenegger was first elected Governor of California, I e-mailed all my Cali-fornia friends and tald them they deserved who they voted for. “What the h*** were they thinking?

]]> By: Charles Stanford, PE http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-311 Charles Stanford, PE Thu, 03 May 2007 17:34:36 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/05/03/taking-charge/#comment-311 Fred: As a resident of both NOCAL and SOCAL for about a year and a half each in the past decade, I can attest to the importance of rail transit and commuter rail in both areas. And while the Governator has been cool on transit subsidies, he is championing a massive bond issue with a large transit and rail component. I commuted on CalTrain from San Mateo to SF for over a year, and often had to stand in the AM. Charles Stanford Fred:

As a resident of both NOCAL and SOCAL for about a year and a half each in the past decade, I can attest to the importance of rail transit and commuter rail in both areas. And while the Governator has been cool on transit subsidies, he is championing a massive bond issue with a large transit and rail component.

I commuted on CalTrain from San Mateo to SF for over a year, and often had to stand in the AM.

Charles Stanford

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