Comments on: Big Screen http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/05/02/big-screen/ Mass Transit's editor, Fred Jandt, speaks weekly on critical issues facing the public transportation industry. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ted Vigodsky http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/05/02/big-screen/#comment-3481 Ted Vigodsky Sat, 03 May 2008 09:43:05 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/05/02/big-screen/#comment-3481 Good points Mr. Jandt. Instead of the boneheaded idea of taking a summer holiday hiatus on the fuel tax put forth by Clinton and McCain, one of the presidential candidates(Maybe Obama?) should have the contrarian courage to actually suggest now adding five or ten cents per gallon to the federal coffers for transit systems, commuter railroads and intercity Amtrak.(Forgive me for briefly hallucinating!) Check out our appreciation to late NARP President Jack Martin on the run-up to National Rail Day a week from today(May 10th). Keep writing the thoughtful editorials and putting out a fine on-line publication. Best, Ted Vigodsky Editor/Co-ordinator Atlanta Sidestreets Good points Mr. Jandt. Instead of the boneheaded idea of taking a summer holiday hiatus on the fuel tax put forth by Clinton and McCain, one of the presidential candidates(Maybe Obama?) should have the contrarian courage to actually suggest now adding five or ten cents per gallon to the federal coffers for transit systems, commuter railroads and intercity Amtrak.(Forgive me for briefly hallucinating!)

Check out our appreciation to late NARP President Jack Martin on the run-up to National Rail Day a week from today(May 10th).

Keep writing the thoughtful editorials and putting out a fine on-line publication.

Best,
Ted Vigodsky
Editor/Co-ordinator
Atlanta Sidestreets

]]> By: Jason Lockhart, Sr. http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/05/02/big-screen/#comment-3466 Jason Lockhart, Sr. Fri, 02 May 2008 22:32:49 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/05/02/big-screen/#comment-3466 FYI- Not all buses used in cinema are borrowed from a transit agency. There is a gentleman in the Arizona/California area that buys old buses and collects them as a hobby. In order to make money to support this hobby and also provide the capital needed to restore these vehicles and keep them running, he hires them out to various TV and Movie companies on the side. What you saw in Iron Man may or may not have been one of his buses. I have not seen the movie or read any articles about its production yet, so at this time I can not give a definitive answer on my hypothesis. I am only proposing another possibility to be explored. Jason Lockhart, Senior FYI-

Not all buses used in cinema are borrowed from a transit agency.

There is a gentleman in the Arizona/California area that buys old buses and collects them as a hobby. In order to make money to support this hobby and also provide the capital needed to restore these vehicles and keep them running, he hires them out to various TV and Movie companies on the side.

What you saw in Iron Man may or may not have been one of his buses. I have not seen the movie or read any articles about its production yet, so at this time I can not give a definitive answer on my hypothesis. I am only proposing another possibility to be explored.

Jason Lockhart, Senior

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