tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193628934721963907.post6001991064586580322..comments2024-03-28T02:32:09.047-05:00Comments on Give2Attain: MN Transportation FundingJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14991027705809503541noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193628934721963907.post-50850567272237314422016-02-01T15:37:35.180-06:002016-02-01T15:37:35.180-06:00Who do you take the land away from to build the tr...Who do you take the land away from to build the train? Why would you want to benefit 2% of us when, for the same cost, you could benefit 98% of us? Explain why we should build trains that will never, ever pay for themselves and require a massive subsidy to draw riders?<br /><br />False? When for the same price as said cho-choo we could have improved traffic for almost everybody? When we could have had a fleet of hybrid busses running the same route, two minutes apart,for the next 700 years? Or buy every potential rider a new car AND put gas in it, for life?<br /><br />Sorry, but at some point transportation funding needs to be about solving people's transportation problems, not putting up glorious examples of government foolishness.jerrye92002https://www.blogger.com/profile/01858692298982859775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193628934721963907.post-82915720154628657192016-02-01T13:19:37.694-06:002016-02-01T13:19:37.694-06:00"...build more choo-choo trains that we canno..."...build more choo-choo trains that we cannot afford."<br /><br />Right-wing buzz words. And false.<br /><br />"...we could have added 4 more lanes to every freeway in the metro, and improved traffic flow for the 98% who do NOT ride the train."<br /><br />Maybe you don't know about the fact that traffic volume always expands to fill new lanes. And who would you take the land away from to build these lanes? Probably the poorest neighborhoods, as right-wingers are wont to do.<br /><br />AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193628934721963907.post-64102508737471752632016-02-01T07:59:23.822-06:002016-02-01T07:59:23.822-06:00I'm going to blame public schools for this one...I'm going to blame public schools for this one. When the "roads and bridges" amendment came up for a vote, anybody with what should be simple 5th grade math and reading skills would have told you that roads and bridges would henceforth receive NO MORE THAN 40% of the gas tax, and the rest went to build more choo-choo trains that we cannot afford. For instance, for the cost of the latest 10-mile line, we could have added 4 more lanes to every freeway in the metro, and improved traffic flow for the 98% who do NOT ride the train. jerrye92002https://www.blogger.com/profile/01858692298982859775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193628934721963907.post-38645379467006910442016-01-30T18:01:27.211-06:002016-01-30T18:01:27.211-06:00Did you know that construction firms working on St...Did you know that construction firms working on State funded projects in Hennepin county are required by State Law to pay the flag person <a href="http://workplace.doli.state.mn.us/prevwage/commercial_data.php?county=27" rel="nofollow">$31 to $48 per hour</a>?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dli.mn.gov/LS/PrevWageComm.asp" rel="nofollow">MN Prevailing Wage Map</a><br /><br />No wonder our transportation maintenance cost are so high.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991027705809503541noreply@blogger.com