Comments on: DOT Signals Major Shift On Public Transportation Policy http://gas2.org/2010/01/15/dot-signals-majorshift-on-public-transportation-policy/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JohnG http://gas2.org/2010/01/15/dot-signals-majorshift-on-public-transportation-policy/#comment-14123 JohnG Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:33:02 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4504#comment-14123 I'm not convinced the perception that "Americans really, really love having their own cars" is still true. Cars are expensive; gas, oil and other upkeep are also expensive, and nobody likes spending a significant portion of their life sitting at stop lights and in traffic. I hate that owning a car isn't an option but a necessity for personal mobility in our society. I MUST own a car. I'm chained to it. We all are. I think what people love is being able to get where they want to go in a timely manner. Start building cities more intelligently, with higher density that puts things close at hand, and give people other options that will allow them to get where they want to go in a timely manner, and I bet they'd ditch their cars most of the time. I would. I’m not convinced the perception that “Americans really, really love having their own cars” is still true. Cars are expensive; gas, oil and other upkeep are also expensive, and nobody likes spending a significant portion of their life sitting at stop lights and in traffic. I hate that owning a car isn’t an option but a necessity for personal mobility in our society. I MUST own a car. I’m chained to it. We all are.

I think what people love is being able to get where they want to go in a timely manner. Start building cities more intelligently, with higher density that puts things close at hand, and give people other options that will allow them to get where they want to go in a timely manner, and I bet they’d ditch their cars most of the time. I would.

]]> By: JohnG http://gas2.org/2010/01/15/dot-signals-majorshift-on-public-transportation-policy/#comment-37212 JohnG Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:33:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4504#comment-37212 I'm not convinced the perception that "Americans really, really love having their own cars" is still true. Cars are expensive; gas, oil and other upkeep are also expensive, and nobody likes spending a significant portion of their life sitting at stop lights and in traffic. I hate that owning a car isn't an option but a necessity for personal mobility in our society. I MUST own a car. I'm chained to it. We all are. I think what people love is being able to get where they want to go in a timely manner. Start building cities more intelligently, with higher density that puts things close at hand, and give people other options that will allow them to get where they want to go in a timely manner, and I bet they'd ditch their cars most of the time. I would. I’m not convinced the perception that “Americans really, really love having their own cars” is still true. Cars are expensive; gas, oil and other upkeep are also expensive, and nobody likes spending a significant portion of their life sitting at stop lights and in traffic. I hate that owning a car isn’t an option but a necessity for personal mobility in our society. I MUST own a car. I’m chained to it. We all are.

I think what people love is being able to get where they want to go in a timely manner. Start building cities more intelligently, with higher density that puts things close at hand, and give people other options that will allow them to get where they want to go in a timely manner, and I bet they’d ditch their cars most of the time. I would.

]]> By: Peter http://gas2.org/2010/01/15/dot-signals-majorshift-on-public-transportation-policy/#comment-14122 Peter Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:41:18 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4504#comment-14122 We need replace NOW combustion buses by electric buses. This must be mandatory for Public Administration and public lines buses. We need replace NOW combustion buses by electric buses. This must be mandatory for Public Administration and public lines buses.

]]> By: Peter http://gas2.org/2010/01/15/dot-signals-majorshift-on-public-transportation-policy/#comment-37211 Peter Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:41:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4504#comment-37211 We need replace NOW combustion buses by electric buses. This must be mandatory for Public Administration and public lines buses. We need replace NOW combustion buses by electric buses. This must be mandatory for Public Administration and public lines buses.

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2010/01/15/dot-signals-majorshift-on-public-transportation-policy/#comment-14121 ChuckL Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:16:07 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4504#comment-14121 If we had useful and clean public transportation similar to the "Inter-Urban" electric trains that ran between Columbus, OH and several outlaying places like Buckeye Lake, about 40 miles that my parents used in the 19 teens, and had prices on them that were held low to keep up ridership, it might be accomplished. State laws can over ride federal laws in this area and all that would be required would be an obligation to restore the previous situation by any entity that did not complete the project. City, County or State ownership would be a requirement for any eminent domain usage. It'll never happen. If we had useful and clean public transportation similar to the “Inter-Urban” electric trains that ran between Columbus, OH and several outlaying places like Buckeye Lake, about 40 miles that my parents used in the 19 teens, and had prices on them that were held low to keep up ridership, it might be accomplished.

State laws can over ride federal laws in this area and all that would be required would be an obligation to restore the previous situation by any entity that did not complete the project. City, County or State ownership would be a requirement for any eminent domain usage.

It’ll never happen.

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2010/01/15/dot-signals-majorshift-on-public-transportation-policy/#comment-37210 ChuckL Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:16:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=4504#comment-37210 If we had useful and clean public transportation similar to the "Inter-Urban" electric trains that ran between Columbus, OH and several outlaying places like Buckeye Lake, about 40 miles that my parents used in the 19 teens, and had prices on them that were held low to keep up ridership, it might be accomplished. State laws can over ride federal laws in this area and all that would be required would be an obligation to restore the previous situation by any entity that did not complete the project. City, County or State ownership would be a requirement for any eminent domain usage. It'll never happen. If we had useful and clean public transportation similar to the “Inter-Urban” electric trains that ran between Columbus, OH and several outlaying places like Buckeye Lake, about 40 miles that my parents used in the 19 teens, and had prices on them that were held low to keep up ridership, it might be accomplished.

State laws can over ride federal laws in this area and all that would be required would be an obligation to restore the previous situation by any entity that did not complete the project. City, County or State ownership would be a requirement for any eminent domain usage.

It’ll never happen.

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