Comments on: Short-Term Thinking http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/10/26/short-term-thinking/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:27:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: M. Simon http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/10/26/short-term-thinking/#comment-5 M. Simon Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:23:42 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-5 One of two things needs to happen: Charge the customers the cost of the service or make the service free. The first would make service unaffordable. The second unappealing. Either one would be a recognition of the true nature of the problem. And that problem is: cities are not viable when run by crooks. One of two things needs to happen:

Charge the customers the cost of the service or make the service free.

The first would make service unaffordable. The second unappealing.

Either one would be a recognition of the true nature of the problem. And that problem is: cities are not viable when run by crooks.

]]> By: Peggy http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/10/26/short-term-thinking/#comment-6 Peggy Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:06:31 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-6 Yes! We need to fund public transportation. We also need to use it. When I travel in Europe and Japan I am always disgusted to come back to the US and not be able to get between major cities in the west in a timely fashion. Americans have been short sighted about most of the things we do but public transportation has been a major mistake over the years from Ford and cohorts dismantling good urban and suburban systems in the thirties and forties to the focus on building super highways for gas guzzling vehicles that resemble war machines more than passenger cars. I fear that good public transit will not come soon enough and from your post here, it is now on the verge of financial collapse. When will Americans stop being narcissistic and begin to realize that we are just part of a whole? Yes! We need to fund public transportation. We also need to use it. When I travel in Europe and Japan I am always disgusted to come back to the US and not be able to get between major cities in the west in a timely fashion. Americans have been short sighted about most of the things we do but public transportation has been a major mistake over the years from Ford and cohorts dismantling good urban and suburban systems in the thirties and forties to the focus on building super highways for gas guzzling vehicles that resemble war machines more than passenger cars.

I fear that good public transit will not come soon enough and from your post here, it is now on the verge of financial collapse. When will Americans stop being narcissistic and begin to realize that we are just part of a whole?

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