tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post117905354783298801..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: We could have "BRT on the bridge" tomorrowCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-75573191621507071212012-02-15T15:17:18.078-05:002012-02-15T15:17:18.078-05:00That's certainly possible; I'm not a mind ...That's certainly possible; I'm not a mind reader. But last night <a href="http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2012/02/political-realities.html" rel="nofollow">I posted</a> another possible explanation.Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-29247578235427015732012-02-15T13:28:12.816-05:002012-02-15T13:28:12.816-05:00Presumably they're taking the DOT's logic ...Presumably they're taking the DOT's logic at face value, and not realizing, for whatever reason, that the DOT's goal is, at least partially, to spend as much money as possible, especially when it's someone else's money.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-80782778140845284992012-02-14T22:46:25.363-05:002012-02-14T22:46:25.363-05:00Just to clarify, Arcady: the Tri-State Transportat...Just to clarify, Arcady: the Tri-State Transportation Campaign is not a government entity. It's an advocacy organization, a private nonprofit funded by donations. They're supposed to be advocating for better transit, cycling and walking. So why wait until the bridge is built, when they could have asked for transit on it ten years ago?Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-59728577041174479792012-02-14T11:03:07.269-05:002012-02-14T11:03:07.269-05:00"Why are they telling us that we can't ha..."Why are they telling us that we can't have BRT without a new bridge?"<br /><br />My guess is that because the state DOT's performance is mostly measured on inputs, not outputs. In other words, when the public hears about how great the DOT as a whole is, they hear about how many billions they're "investing" in transportation, not about how much they've improved transportation for people. There's no real coherent overall goal, other than to appropriate as much money from the federal government as possible, and spend it as quickly as possible on some megaproject.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.com