tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post115817742774570849..comments2024-02-25T08:16:25.546-08:00Comments on Exurban Nation: Recessions Hurt TransitRob Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-1160954156625849912006-10-15T16:15:00.000-07:002006-10-15T16:15:00.000-07:00News News NewsWow What is going on with all these ...News News News<BR/><BR/>Wow What is going on with all these homes with severe mold problems. I cant believe the problems we are having in our homes today. It has always been here. ask about Household MoldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-1158332163097220022006-09-15T07:56:00.000-07:002006-09-15T07:56:00.000-07:00Robert:"...transit declines precede service cuts n...Robert:<BR/><BR/>"...transit declines precede service cuts nearly all the time."<BR/><BR/>I agree -- that's exactly what happened in Rochester, e.g., and for that matter, with the companies that provided rail service into NYC. <BR/><BR/>As to the rest of it, it appears that you see mass transit ridership and investment positively correlated with good economic times and low energy costs. I'll agree that governments need "disposable income" to make mass transit work; I don't think the elected officials or the NGAs responsible for divvying up the transit $ look at it that way. Looking at the last federal transportation bill and and the state variants here in the Northeast, the die has been cast that transit money is going for public, not POV, transit regardless of what happens to the economy or energy prices.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106164237354370049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-1158261625842019952006-09-14T12:20:00.000-07:002006-09-14T12:20:00.000-07:00Lex, this is another variant on the GM killed the ...Lex, this is another variant on the GM killed the streetcar conspiracy. No, transit declines precede service cuts nearly all the time. Ridership is in a generalized decline except for a blip in WW-II and a reporting artifact in the 1990s. <BR/><BR/>I don't see what gas prices have todo with anything unless youare using it as substitute for mobility costs. On that level the cost of POV travel has been falling fairly steadily for the last 40 years while the costs of transit have risen a lot.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-1158254630192728362006-09-14T10:23:00.000-07:002006-09-14T10:23:00.000-07:00On your first point -from 40 years ago forward, ca...On your first point -<BR/>from 40 years ago forward, can you correlate low gas prices/positive economic environment with public transit ridership/investment? I just think declining ridership has to do with the disappearance of public transit systems in former industrial cities (e.g. Rochester, NY) over that period. Or maybe I misunderstood the point altogether.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106164237354370049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-1158211186577569452006-09-13T22:19:00.000-07:002006-09-13T22:19:00.000-07:00Patience. You want quality or quantity?Patience. You want quality or quantity?Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-1158196254125532562006-09-13T18:10:00.000-07:002006-09-13T18:10:00.000-07:00OK, Thanks Robert, so in this instance the pro-pub...OK, Thanks Robert, so in this instance the pro-public-transit should really be promoting a good economy in conjunction with low oil prices for maximizing transit usage. B///ut I'm still waiting on the other 7 (particularly the 8th one :) )<BR/><BR/>(I really need more squirrels ripping shingles off my roof and causing roof leaks so I have a good reason to stay at home (waiting for the roofer) and catch up on the threads... ;-P )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com