The Battle Of Pennsylvania (Trees And Things)

Ober: Re: highway funding and the open road

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:55:12 EST

"Does anyone here really believe that there is a more fundamental role for local government than transportation? Transportation, education and police/security/military are the core roles for government. Any proposal to privatize these services

thefadd: Re: highway funding and the open road

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:59:41 EST

We really ought to have banned federal funding for toll roads long ago.

We should have banned federal funding for highways, period, long ago. It would have put a stop to all sorts of pernicious federal meddling (national drinking age, national

Shy Elf: Re: highway funding and the open road

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:10:49 EST

Even in a nation whose national identity seems based on eating its seed corn, this proposal strikes me as uniquely odious. The only thing that keeps me from being truly outraged is the confidence that, when push comes to shove and we need the right o

skeeter1: Re: highway funding and the open road

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:14:38 EST

"I think that the worst that would happen would be a move to toll the Interstate system as a whole (or, even more likely, just the rural portions which serve as throughways, rather than the portions around cities that serve as commuter roads)."

port1080: Re: highway funding and the open road

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:27:27 EST

As the slow motion train wreck of the US fiscal system continues, I think the future is clear for transportation: metered access.
We'll start with toll roads, then switch to variable rates for tolls based on time, then variable rates based on time an

wetkarma: highway funding and the open road

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:11:03 EST
As the slow motion train wreck of the US fiscal system continues, I think the future is clear for transportation: metered access.
We'll start with toll roads, then switch to variable rates for tolls based on time, then variable rates based on time and v

skeeter1: Re: The Battle Of Pennsylvania

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:49:27 EST
"The main ammunition used in this war is an array of media ads and web sites assuring the public that their side is telling the truth. In the middle is every person who might be using the nation's first long-distance rural highway over the next 75 years

port1080: Re: Take the cannolis, leave the Turnpike.

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:11:31 EST
It seems like the Spanish firm was the only one who stepped up to the plate with a proposal and Governor Rendell and those in favor just saw the $ signs.
My understanding was that some American firms made initial bids, but they were clearly going

MayorBob: Take the cannolis, leave the Turnpike.

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:53:48 EST
The one part I'm buying in the argument that the Turnpike should not be sold or leased to a private company is that the private company in question is foreign. Aren't there public infrastructure management firms in the US who would automatically be subjec

port1080: Re: The Battle Of Pennsylvania

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:41:14 EST
Being from Pennsylvania, I can see both sides of this. The state desperately needs money for roads funds - PA has an exceptionally dense highway network, and yet much of it covers some very unforgiving territory (Appalachian Mountains) and a climate