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Tip jar

Thurman Hart — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:03:34 GMT

Here's a tip: Don't eat chocolate ice cream while wearing a white suit in the summertime.

128-0 and you're still complaining

TerryMalloy-OnTheWaterfront — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:16:12 GMT

With 128 convicted public corruption peddlers under his belt, you would think New Jersey's Living Legend, Christopher Christie, would have earned your respect by now.

Sen. Kyrillos made a great introduction on this video, one that I could have delivered myself.

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Juan Melli — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:09:02 GMT

My guess is sprawl means there isn't enough density to make public transportation efficient or competitive until gas gets really expensive. In the short term the best we can probably hope for is to build more park and rides. Long term, we need public policy that rewards smart growth and discourages sprawl.

Huh?

Dvd Avins — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:03:00 GMT

Newark is about the only place in the state that you can get to from most areas anywhere near it. Provided you're heading downtown. Where do you commute from?

And not everything racist in effect was designed intentionally that way. It's often that the needs of the poor, especially but not exclusively Black, don't get taken into account much. Occasionally it's actively malicious, but not nearly as often as it seems from the inside, I think.

its racist

doughnutman — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:45:39 GMT

it was designed to keep black/urban people out of the suburbs. I go to school in newark, and it is still cost efficient for me to drive, because there is not a straight way to get to newark by public transportation. It really is a shame. Why don't all suburbs have connections to the three major cities? It makes no sense.

Rick Santorum warned us!

Thurman Hart — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:39:33 GMT

Books have been written

Thurman Hart — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:35:15 GMT

about transportation subsidies. I've been studying the field for a decade and am still uncovering hidden price transfers.

Our public transport system doesn't work because our cities aren't built for them to work. Schools are a perfect example - if we built schools in a single central area for a wide area, then we could build a transportation hub to service it. Instead, we spread them all over creation.

Btw, a possible suggestion to make long commutes tolerable - an iPod that downloads all of the NPR podcasts will get you through a lot. It doesn't help with so many other issues, but it's one step towards making it tolerable.

I want maple syrup

Thurman Hart — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:23:36 GMT

instead of tips.