tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post8582378366317193409..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: What you can do insteadCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-20443680010182408502010-05-31T21:44:36.947-04:002010-05-31T21:44:36.947-04:00I realize that this is after the fact:
The point...I realize that this is after the fact:<br /> The point of the public hearings is to make suggestions to the board members. Maybe there is a low cost way of saving a bus route. For example, I suggested rerouting the S66 bus on Staten Island to replace the S60 bus and they realized that the increased ridership as a result of the reroute would make it cost practically nothing. Since everybody wanted to save it, it made more sense to use my plan than to save it outright. They wouldn't have gotten public input on which routes are the most vital to save if they didn't hold the public hearing. As a result of the hearings, they gave back $8 million in service.George Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288033149559815848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-81527569897858714312010-03-04T20:32:05.707-05:002010-03-04T20:32:05.707-05:00What transit organizations do you think should be ...What transit organizations do you think should be doing a better job?Helen Bushnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177708490995175178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-83509608970842324172010-03-03T02:16:14.046-05:002010-03-03T02:16:14.046-05:00Don't forget, Cap'n, that the majority in ...Don't forget, Cap'n, that the majority in each house voted or was ready to vote for a bill that included tolls. The Republican State Senate supported CP, and the Democratic Assembly supported bridge tolls. However, in both cases the other house failed to vote for the same bill because of other political issues - the Assembly didn't accept Bloomberg's methods, and the Senate didn't accept taxes.<br /><br />So no, it's not that the legislators would not vote for the tolls; it's that they have other political concerns, which sometimes trump their feelings on tolls.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-56979660970347131142010-03-02T22:41:00.233-05:002010-03-02T22:41:00.233-05:00Christopher, many of the State Legislators have ma...Christopher, many of the State Legislators have made such forceful arguments against tolls that they would find it very hard to vote for them. I don't think we have any choice but to get these people voted out of office if we want their constituents' interests to be represented faithfully.<br /><br />Then there's the large group of weaselers and wafflers, who could probably go along with tolls and not look too stupid (at least, not to anyone who wasn't actually paying attention).Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-68169873973126225152010-03-02T09:45:55.220-05:002010-03-02T09:45:55.220-05:00Seems to me what you need here is a bit of theater...Seems to me what you need here is a bit of theater. Of your own making. <br /><br />But name names carefully. It's power, but people you have pissed off rarely do what you want. You gotta figure out your angle, your strategy. And who exactly you want to shift.Christopher Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947034888487890485noreply@blogger.com