Transportation

Another Lying Transit Agency 0
- November 7, 2011
Tomorrow, Vancouver Washington voters will be asked to raise sales taxes in order to “preserve existing bus service.” Without the sales tax increase, says C-Tran, the transit agency, “C-TRAN would need to implement a system-wide service reduction of about 35 percent by early to mid 2013.” It turns out that is a lie. An accountant […]
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The Cost of Auto Accidents 0
- November 4, 2011
Auto fatalities dropped in 2010 below 33,000, less than in any year since 1949. But AAA has just published an alarming report arguing that the cost of auto crashes is $300 billion a year. Since Americans spend only about $900 billion per year (select table 2.5.5 and add lines 54, 57, and 116) buying, operating, […]
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Free Bus to Atlanta 0
- November 3, 2011
Megabus, which serves the Midwest and Northeast, is starting service in the South and to celebrate it is giving away 10,000 tickets to or from Atlanta and eleven other cities. Even if you don’t get a free ticket, when the Antiplanner checked there were still seats on many routes for $1 to $3. Megabus’ new […]
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High-Speed Fail, v. 2.0 0
- November 2, 2011
Ninety-eight point five billions dollars. That’s the new cost of California’s high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco, according to a business plan released yesterday by the California High-Speed Rail Authority. At least, that’s the cost reported (a half day in advance of the plan’s release) by the Los Angeles Times. The reason […]
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Republicans Caving on Reauthorization 0
- November 1, 2011
It would seem like Republicans hold all the cards in the debate over transportation reauthorization. It seems most likely that they will gain seats in both House and Senate next fall if not capture the Senate majority. House Republicans have said they want to spend no more money than is flowing into the Highway Trust […]
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LaHood Looks Forward to “Wonderful Opportunities”0
- October 31, 2011
Secretary of Immobility Ray LaHood announced recently that he plans to step down from his post at the end of President Obama’s first term and that he is looking forward to some “wonderful opportunities” in the private sector. This naturally raises the question of what kind of opportunities await a bumbling has-been who betrayed his […]
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