Transportation

Commuter Rail in NH Is a Fools Errand

February 5, 2013

I don’t typically link to the Concord Fish Wrapper, but this is worth the trip. I am a retired highway engineer and transportation planner with more than 36 years of experience in eight states and Washington, D.C. My opinions are based on experience, 42 years of transportation policy observations and objective study of publicly available [ Read more ]

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Well, the Spenders in Gilford may still lust after “free” taxpayer money – but Troy, Michigan has figured it out!

December 26, 2011

Free money from the Feds, from the State, from the County…..Free!  Free!  Free!  Hey, grab it, because that money is FREE to our taxpayers – it doesn’t cost US a thing!  But those that wish to spend it, that lust after it, they hate it when the obvious truth comes out – er, it’s not [ Read more ]

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Death To Rail (Bride Of RTA)

April 1, 2011

This is what we call the tits-on-a-bull defense. Chris wants rail. There is no good reason for it, he just wants it. And he could care less that we already have infrastructure that works, that is more adaptable, and which costs significantly less to operate.

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Ray Stevens is at it again – TSA in his sights

March 2, 2011

He’s having a great time, isn’t he?

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The NH Rail Transit Authority: LET’S GET RID OF IT!

February 24, 2011

Why? Lots of reasons. But let me let State Rep. John Hikel explain why. As vice chairman of the State House Transportation Committee, no one explains it better than Rep. Hikel: Passenger rail a boondoggle for New Hampshire taxpayers By Rep. John Hikel As a candidate for State Representative, I joined many who were elected [ Read more ]

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Help you make it to your flight

December 3, 2010

(H/T: Paul)

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High Speed Fail

November 6, 2010

The 2.2 million is part of 2.4 billion in stimulus dollars allotted in support of the progressive desire to control how you get from A to B. Local fans of commuter rail will applaud the grant, but its being paid for with monopoly money. It is a waste of as yet collected tax payer dollars on an idea that will never pay for itself if implemented, so the 2.2 million is simply a federal intrusion designed to sell us on the a project that is not even cost effective for New Hampshire.

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De-Railed?

May 21, 2010

This editorial from today’s Union Leader on Commuter Rail caught my attention. PETER BURLING, head of the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority (NHRTA), was in Manchester this week to promote his dream of building a commuter rail line from Concord to Boston. He suggested that operating commuter rail would cost taxpayers less than maintaining the [ Read more ]

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Assured Mutual Transportation Tax Destruction?

February 24, 2010

NH State transportation commissar George Campbell says he does not trust the state of Massachusetts when it says it has no plans for tolls on the state border.   Campbell is a supporter of tolls on our side.  In fact he’s made it clear he wants’ our tolls up before they have theirs up.  See how [ Read more ]

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The Real “Third Rail” For Commuter Rail

February 21, 2010

Any good liberal will tell you this.  Never talk about how much something really costs, or who will have to pay for it, until after you have convinced them it will be good for them.  You do this by creating an overwhelming desire for fairness, or appeal to some moral phantom named equality, or in [ Read more ]

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