Comments on: Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the Table http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/01/13/big-transit-news-bush-era-rule-tossed-enviro-benefits-on-the-table/ Your daily source for national transportation policy news and analysis. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Onitsuka Tiger http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/01/13/big-transit-news-bush-era-rule-tossed-enviro-benefits-on-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-423145 Onitsuka Tiger Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:04:32 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=64291#comment-423145 Thanks for the strategies you have discussed here. Also, I believe there are numerous factors which really keep your auto insurance premium straight down. One is, to consider buying vehicles that are within the good set of car insurance companies. Cars that are expensive are more at risk of being snatched. Aside from that insurance is also depending on the value of your car, so the more pricey it is, then higher a premium you only pay. Thanks for the strategies you have discussed here. Also, I believe there are numerous factors which really keep your auto insurance premium straight down. One is, to consider buying vehicles that are within the good set of car insurance companies. Cars that are expensive are more at risk of being snatched. Aside from that insurance is also depending on the value of your car, so the more pricey it is, then higher a premium you only pay.

]]> By: Placemaking Institute http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/01/13/big-transit-news-bush-era-rule-tossed-enviro-benefits-on-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-117711 Placemaking Institute Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:22:50 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=64291#comment-117711 Ditto to Jarrett's response; livability is going to be as impossible to define as sustainability...but at least it's a beginning in the movement towards Progress. Ditto to Jarrett’s response; livability is going to be as impossible to define as sustainability…but at least it’s a beginning in the movement towards Progress.

]]> By: Noelle http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/01/13/big-transit-news-bush-era-rule-tossed-enviro-benefits-on-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-117301 Noelle Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:57:07 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=64291#comment-117301 This is indeed a needed adjustment. It appears that the slant of funding is still pointed towards larger, metropolitan areas. Rural areas need transportation operating assistance as well. The above article didn't even mention rural areas, RTPAs, etc... although I could be missing something since I don't know everything there is to know about this effort. This is indeed a needed adjustment. It appears that the slant of funding is still pointed towards larger, metropolitan areas. Rural areas need transportation operating assistance as well. The above article didn’t even mention rural areas, RTPAs, etc… although I could be missing something since I don’t know everything there is to know about this effort.

]]> By: Jarrett at HumanTransit.org http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/01/13/big-transit-news-bush-era-rule-tossed-enviro-benefits-on-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-115861 Jarrett at HumanTransit.org Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:25:47 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=64291#comment-115861 Great in theory, but transit advocates are divided on this, because FTA hasn't really explained how it's going to quantify livability, not to mention economic benefit of development that might or might not happen in response to a transit project. See here, especially the comments: http://www.humantransit.org/2010/01/big-news-on-us-federal-transit-funding.html Great in theory, but transit advocates are divided on this, because FTA hasn’t really explained how it’s going to quantify livability, not to mention economic benefit of development that might or might not happen in response to a transit project.

See here, especially the comments:

http://www.humantransit.org/2010/01/big-news-on-us-federal-transit-funding.html

]]> By: Art Cohen for b'more mobile http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/01/13/big-transit-news-bush-era-rule-tossed-enviro-benefits-on-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-115721 Art Cohen for b'more mobile Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:06:15 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=64291#comment-115721 In order to promote livability in communities, this proposed re-prioritization and expansion of factors to be considered in evaluating local transportation projects for federal funding is long overdue. Congratulations to the Obama Administration for being flexible enough to propose them both. Cost-effectiveness has for too long had primacy as the principal criterion for project evaluation. We hail the downward shifting of weight to be given this factor relative to other factors. Also, we hail the proposed addition of environmental and economic benefits as factors to be considered for such funding. In order to promote livability in communities, this proposed re-prioritization and expansion of factors to be considered in evaluating local transportation projects for federal funding is long overdue. Congratulations to the Obama Administration for being flexible enough to propose them both. Cost-effectiveness has for too long had primacy as the principal criterion for project evaluation. We hail the downward shifting of weight to be given this factor relative to other factors. Also, we hail the proposed addition of environmental and economic benefits as factors to be considered for such funding.

]]> By: v http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/01/13/big-transit-news-bush-era-rule-tossed-enviro-benefits-on-the-table/comment-page-1/#comment-114951 v Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:32:33 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=64291#comment-114951 fantastic news! fantastic news!

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