TF, I noticed how you mentioned this lists almost polar opposite, "Transport-Policy" in your letter. These two lists deal with issues from different...
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Chris Loyd
tybalt1982
Dec 1, 2003 11:48 am
... to ... How can a political party that had a 0.37% election share for the 2000 presidential race be seen as such a threat? The Greens are 10 times more ...
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Patrick McDonough
mcdonpj
Dec 1, 2003 12:09 pm
The political party itself and it's miniscule numbers are not a threat. The well-paid anti-transit zealots who are paid to traverse the country and trash...
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Jym Dyer
jymateconetd...
Dec 1, 2003 2:12 pm
... =v= Things will improve in the short run, though perhaps by shifting a bottleneck to somewhere else, and the Arnolds of the world will talk about widening...
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bumpkinbubba
Dec 1, 2003 6:13 pm
... TF: Only some of the members of each list are "polar opposites" of the equally-limited-in-number, "in"-crowd of the other list. Others, such as myself, see...
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dubluth
Dec 2, 2003 4:42 am
... <m82a1_dawson@h...> wrote: <SNIP> ... like ... I may be mistaken, but I believe the object of tolls (aside from realizing monopoly rents) is the recovery...
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Mike Harrington
mikeph12001
Dec 2, 2003 12:32 pm
Toll roads don't always deliver the revenues they promise. In Houston, the Harris County Toll Road Authority http://www.hctra.com/system/map.html has some of...
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Jym Dyer
jymateconetd...
Dec 2, 2003 1:51 pm
... =v= Well, unfortunately that would include a lot of health care. And environmental costs. <_Jym_>...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Dec 2, 2003 2:33 pm
Let's remember that the US Office of Technology Assessment has said that the price of gasoline needs to be somewhere in the realm of $12-$15/gallon to cover...
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Patrick J McDonough
mcdonpj
Dec 2, 2003 4:05 pm
Joel, Do you have a title for that study I can look up? I noticed OTA closed in 1995. Patrick McDonough...
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dubluth
Dec 2, 2003 4:23 pm
It seems we are in agreement. I would add that awareness of where and when the costs are produced suggests how they ought to be recovered. There are...
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Jeremy Hubble
jghubble
Dec 2, 2003 4:45 pm
I was driven on the Southern and Western portions of the toll road once. We managed to drive a long distance, and then exited one exit before the Bellaire...
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Jeremy Hubble
jghubble
Dec 2, 2003 4:57 pm
There are many stores, especially in city centers that do not offer free parking. However, they often 'validate' parking, giving people a discount on parking...
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Mike Harrington
mikeph12001
Dec 2, 2003 4:57 pm
Note Monbiot speaks of the UK. Natural gas resources are more severely depleted in North America, making the cost to provide power service to sprawling areas...
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Mike Harrington
mikeph12001
Dec 2, 2003 5:26 pm
A fair percentage of people ride the access roads of tollways in Houston and wait for the traffic lights. The IRS rate for mileage is too low, use 50¢. Add...
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Chris Loyd
tybalt1982
Dec 2, 2003 7:04 pm
HCTRA doesn't place freeways where they could be most profitable. Hardy Toll Road is parallel to I-45. The South Beltway will make more money as people find...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Dec 2, 2003 9:00 pm
George Monbiot's column of 2 December 2003: "Other analysts are less sanguine. The petroleum geologist Colin Campbell calculates that global extraction will...
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Andrew Dawson
m82a1_dawson@...
Dec 2, 2003 10:44 pm
... That's understandable. ... My self I've voted Liberal both provincialy and federaly, but with Martin (funny enough I once met him) and Charest. I don't...
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mtneuman@...
mtneuman
Dec 3, 2003 4:33 am
... From: Anatta [mailto:anatta@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:04 PM To: press releases national Subject: NCAR News - "No Doubt" Human Activity...
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Andrew Dawson
m82a1_dawson@...
Dec 3, 2003 5:11 am
... Wow, I guess things are bigger in Texas. The thing that I like about this project is that at least it's inclusive, but four lanes and four tracks would be...
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Andrew Dawson
m82a1_dawson@...
Dec 3, 2003 8:00 am
This list might enjoy this as well. Till later, Andrew wallyworld wrote: RE: HIGH-SPEED RAIL SERVICE Posted: 28 Oct 2003, 08:43:33 AM Location: North Carolina...
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Mike Harrington
mikeph12001
Dec 3, 2003 1:13 pm
... routing ... urban? It must be a lobbyist, employee, stockholder or supplier that originated this. Every time high speed intercity trains come up in state...
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Mike Harrington
mikeph12001
Dec 3, 2003 1:41 pm
Aircraft really only make money when they are flying in the stratosphere at subsonic speeds. No one who advocates high-speed rail is proposing traveling coast...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Dec 3, 2003 3:28 pm
Was recently on the bullet trains in Japan. 2000-passenger loads leaving every twenty minutes from downtowns everywhere, the station a short subway or taxi...
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Patrick J McDonough
mcdonpj
Dec 3, 2003 3:32 pm
Here's a great editorial about the barriers to HSR in the U.S. and the fallacy of simply needing new technologies to "break through" like MAGLEV. ...
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Karen Sandness
kitka97205
Dec 3, 2003 9:40 pm
On 03.12.3 10:> Message: 10 ... Actually, that's every twenty minutes during the off-hours. During peak hours the trains run every *five minutes*--and that's...
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Andrew Dawson
m82a1_dawson@...
Dec 4, 2003 2:46 am
... Coast to coast would be expensive, but funny enough during the energy crisis of the 1970's there were some big electrification proposals. The Santa Fe from...
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barry goldman
sow_thistle
Dec 4, 2003 6:53 pm
guys, i still want to know what you think about people flocking to streetside outdoor cafe's on places like upper west side broadway. If having a highway full...
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Bijan Soleymani
rsoleymani
Dec 4, 2003 8:56 pm
... That's like saying if the schools are bad why do people send their children to school. Bad school is better than no school. There aren't many places people...
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sow_thistle
Dec 4, 2003 10:54 pm
... a noisy place than not to dine at all. But people HAVE A CHOICE to dine on the sidewalk cafe at night or inside the restaurant. I personally always choose...
