I’m a huge fan of high-speed rail. I’m a huge fan of trains in general. When I travel for business from Tampa to Jacksonville, I take the train—$29 one way—and it’s a wonderful way to travel. However, it doesn’t go much faster than a car…
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Obama releases high-speed rail plan
[UPDATE 17 April] The original title of this post was: “Obama unveils high-speed rail plan without Ohio on it” My reader, Cartophiliac, found the link to a map- and yes- Ohio is on it. It seems Obama didn’t ignore us, just the New York Times….
What would the Dayton Transit Map for Optimists look like?
When gas hits $4 a gallon, or $5, this won’t seem like a stupid question at all. Long ago I thought two major lines would go a long way. The West to East line would start at Westtown and the VA and head straight down Third street to WSU and then cut over to the…
Turner wants to help DHL dodge taxes
When is a gift not a gift? When it helps a foreign investor who has already received millions in tax breaks and subsidies over the years- avoid paying more taxes after it shafts its American workforce. In yet another bit of “political logic” Mike Turner…
Real creativity, comes from thinking big
Dayton, 2012: Two years into unigov, we’ve consolidated all fire, police, street maintenance, and brought all parks and recreation facilities together under 5 Rivers Metro parks banner. It’s not just Montgomery County either- it’s including Greene…
Third world infrastructure in the United States
Last Thursday, July 26, 2012, was confirmation day: The United States is indeed a third world nation. My partner in life was supposed to fly back from LA to JFK to CVG (Cincinnati). Her flight out of LA was delayed, then when she got to JFK, her flight to Cincinnati…
Why is gas $4 a gallon? You can partially blame Enron. The rest is on us.
I’m sure I’ll catch some flak for criticizing deregulation, however, somethings just do better with regulation. Banks are one. Bear Sterns proved that. Mortgage funds are another- Countrywide proved that. And, if you want to know why commodities trading…
The Sheriff killed him: the unnecessary death of Colby Ross
There is no excuse for stupid. Sheriff Rob Streck tried to make excuses for the stupidity of his deputies, but helicopter or no helicopter, there was no reason to conduct a high speed chase of Melissa Hutchins on the West Side of Dayton- especially when you have a…
Go see “An Inconvenient Truth”
The movie An Inconvenient Truth at the Danbury Dollar Saver- why spend big bucks to get depressed? While most of you can’t walk to work, take your bicycle to the gym, or ride a scooter that gets 85mpg- that’s my life- and I find it one of the reasons I…
Jane Mitakides Answers Questions on transportation systems
As of today, I’m officially the underdog, since Jane Mitakides got the endorsement of the Montgomery County Democratic party last night. I’d like to know what the other 3 Democratic Parties in the district think, but, apparently, there isn’t much…
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