Comments on: Another Crisis http://o.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/09/26/another-crisis/ Mass Transit's editor, Leah Harnack, speaks weekly on critical issues facing the public transportation industry. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom Mauser http://o.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/09/26/another-crisis/#comment-7111 Tom Mauser Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:18:06 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/09/26/another-crisis/#comment-7111 So true. In the scheme of things as they are today, many people do not view congestion as a crisis. There will always be a degree of congestion--we simply can't (and shouldn't) build enough lanes to handle peak travel times, and, there will always be those who travel by means of SOV. The key is in educating the public that we cannot be limited to one travel mode option, and that infrastructure improvements to transit make economic sense. That is, our time is important to us and related to our productivity, and particularly the productivity of business. It's hard for businesses that rely on surface transportation to remain competitive when they're stuck in congestion. So true. In the scheme of things as they are today, many people do not view congestion as a crisis. There will always be a degree of congestion–we simply can’t (and shouldn’t) build enough lanes to handle peak travel times, and, there will always be those who travel by means of SOV.

The key is in educating the public that we cannot be limited to one travel mode option, and that infrastructure improvements to transit make economic sense. That is, our time is important to us and related to our productivity, and particularly the productivity of business. It’s hard for businesses that rely on surface transportation to remain competitive when they’re stuck in congestion.

]]> By: E Stachura http://o.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/09/26/another-crisis/#comment-7099 E Stachura Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:14:36 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2008/09/26/another-crisis/#comment-7099 The issues are a lack of leasdership, from the local to national levels. Effective leadership from the 'working' government day-to-day staff, business leadership, and individual leadership through pro-active involvement. We have abdicated our collective majority voices to others, a smaller majority with individual paltforms. The abililty to change is be be involved, stay involved and encourage others. If we would invets our available time, we would know/undertsnad the issues like we know sports teams, standing, and the constant "bs" that comes from the entertainment industry .... television and the screen. The issues are a lack of leasdership, from the local to national levels. Effective leadership from the ‘working’ government day-to-day staff, business leadership, and individual leadership through pro-active involvement. We have abdicated our collective majority voices to others, a smaller majority with individual paltforms. The abililty to change is be be involved, stay involved and encourage others. If we would invets our available time, we would know/undertsnad the issues like we know sports teams, standing, and the constant “bs” that comes from the entertainment industry …. television and the screen.

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