There is no doubt now that there will be a huge stimulus package coming in the first days of the Obama Administration. That’s the good news. The not-so-good news is that the talk so far has most of the money going to roads and bridges. Mass transit has also been mentioned – and that’s good…
Do we really need any further evidence that high gasoline prices are causing more and more people to switch to public transit? The Chicago Transit Authority has recently announced that all seats will be removed from some of the cars used on their commuter trains during rush hour. As many as 50 additional passengers can…
There is a petition being circulated in Honolulu by people who are against the city building a mass transit system for which there is an almost desperate need. In an astonishing lack of leadership, our governor, Linda Lingle, a Republican, just signed the damn thing! Furthermore, people of the same ilk continue to oppose all…
Everyone knows the price of gasoline is going up and up and up. It’s $4.28 a gallon here on Maui and while it might not be that bad on the U.S. mainland, it’s still hurts because people drive more and over longer distances there. But along with the increase in the cost of gasoline has…