tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post5713000982189148449..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Who's sticking up for the bus riders?Cap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-18268377856550171862012-06-25T22:34:17.304-04:002012-06-25T22:34:17.304-04:00I agree, Alon, but this kind of regulation is wors...I agree, Alon, but this kind of regulation is worse than none.Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-76659823800043332502012-06-25T18:46:05.005-04:002012-06-25T18:46:05.005-04:00Personally, I think the idea is good and every mod...Personally, I think the idea is good and every mode of transportation that uses roads and curbs needs to be regulated to make sure it doesn't occupy too much space without paying for it.<br /><br />As a result, I support congestion pricing.Alonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267294744186811858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-88456085779321275942012-06-23T08:40:07.586-04:002012-06-23T08:40:07.586-04:00It doesn't matter because the process is illeg...It doesn't matter because the process is illegal under federal law. They are essentially regulating interstate commerce. I am not going to follow it. Period.jazumahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890764412679388559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-35770188628275357012012-06-22T15:58:24.964-04:002012-06-22T15:58:24.964-04:00This is pretty ridiculous, but just what a politic...This is pretty ridiculous, but just what a politician would order. Whatever happened to original, entrepreneurial ideas? Must they all be killed in favor of existing solutions that are broken down and expensive?<br /><br />P.S. I found your article a la John Stossel, and subsequentially tweeted it! https://twitter.com/gregturn/status/216257883564802048Greg L. Turnquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171029090321889292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-12972903114376823652012-06-22T14:41:12.144-04:002012-06-22T14:41:12.144-04:00Thanks for this post. I called Daniel Squadron (I ...Thanks for this post. I called Daniel Squadron (I live in Brooklyn Heights, part of his district) and let him know how disappointing this is. I don't need Greyhound writing a law to tell me that I can't get a bus in Chinatown. <br />This whole group (Golden, Stavisky, Nolan, Meng, and Squadron) needs to wake up and start actually <i>thinking</i> not <i>reacting</i> on transit issues.Austin 5-000https://www.blogger.com/profile/09375524668912497113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-29087618266397732042012-06-22T13:08:29.142-04:002012-06-22T13:08:29.142-04:00I'll bet my boots Greyhound has been donating ...I'll bet my boots Greyhound has been donating to those legislators. They've been losing a lot of money to Megabus -- after all why spend the same amount of money on a bus ride with Greyhound from Boston or Philadelphia to NYC as it would cost to take Amtrak when you could take Megabus for cheap.Matthew M. Robare https://www.blogger.com/profile/01238656296410351634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-84888569170229232802012-06-22T00:07:47.750-04:002012-06-22T00:07:47.750-04:00Emailed Squadron:
Why are you pushing through bil...Emailed Squadron:<br /><br />Why are you pushing through bills that will kill the bus services that non-wealthy New Yorkers rely on multiple times a year to travel the region? Cheap buses, originally "chinatown buses", are the only good thing to happen regional transportation in the last decade. Certainly better than anything that has originated in Albany.<br /><br />Please stop this horrible thing that you are doing.<br /><br />--<br /><br />Regarding the unbelievable cluenessness of these bills, that these bus company can and do supplement their fleet in the holidays is fundamental. Of course chauffeured senators wouldn't know anything about it, but when you ride Megabus home for Christmas it's often an incorrectly branded CoachUSA bus, which is just fine. That is why they can still offer cheap tickets for peak travel.<br /><br />Airlines can not scale up to fly more airplanes at holiday time. Highways can not scale up to carry more cars. BUS LINES CAN SCALE UP BY REPURPOSING OTHER BUSES.<br /><br />Until New York State makes that perfectly good business practice illegal. Fucking idiots.nathan_hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427083977923133797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-58529343198424112202012-06-21T13:49:20.633-04:002012-06-21T13:49:20.633-04:00Although buses are taking up publicly-provided spa...Although buses are taking up publicly-provided space, the alternative of having everyone drive a car would also take up space, probably even more space.<br /><br />I'd have more sympathy for the idea of charging bus operators for congestion if the same State Assembly who wants this bill hadn't killed congestion pricing in NYC.Tom Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386298256616082329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-33176586510863267912012-06-21T11:48:25.539-04:002012-06-21T11:48:25.539-04:00This law does look pretty insanely stupid. I alway...This law does look pretty insanely stupid. I always suspected that they would try going after the curb-side buses though. They're occupying some public space for their private company and not paying for it. The fair thing to do would be to charge a fee for the use of the space and leave it at that. None of this intrusiveness.<br /><br />Boston forbids curb-side pickup and all the discount carriers use the South Station Bus Terminal. It seems to work out, but I'm guessing that the Port Authority doesn't have room for that. Or wants too much in fees.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027332620204904993noreply@blogger.com