tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post6786996160677718100..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: Funding common-pool resourcesCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-75062970529714502082010-08-09T19:05:26.785-04:002010-08-09T19:05:26.785-04:00I don't need to lead, but I can tell you what ...I don't need to lead, but I can tell you what I think.<br /><br />There are a lot of definitions of success.<br /><br />If you are talking about getting money, highways are the big success story. The have used the existence of the gas tax to get a part of every other tax that we pay. (The amount collected from the gas tax has not influence on how much money is in the federal highway fund.)<br /><br />As for transit, I think that New York City is the great success story of the US. The question is why the city is not taking more of a leadership role now? Are the rest of us finally pulling you under?<br /><br />While I lived in Daejeon, the city added entire lanes of traffic to the transit system in a couple of months at very little cost.<br /><br />60% of trips in Seoul are by transit. The Malaysian government commissioned a report to see how Seoul managed that, and I bet that report is in English. Has anyone here read it?Helen Bushnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177708490995175178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-65066876512922401562010-08-09T00:36:04.540-04:002010-08-09T00:36:04.540-04:00Okay, Helen, you can take a turn at leading. What...Okay, Helen, you can take a turn at leading. What success stories are you thinking of? How are you defining success? How sustainable are these successes?Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-83163175176367291372010-08-08T21:43:46.962-04:002010-08-08T21:43:46.962-04:00This is a situation where just thinking about the ...This is a situation where just thinking about the problem does not lead anywhere. Are there success stories? (There are.) What are they doing? Can we do the same thing?Helen Bushnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177708490995175178noreply@blogger.com