info
Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
2013: The Year in Transit
23 views
Skip to first unread message
Wad
Jan 1, 2013, 3:20:13 AM1/1/13
to
Welcome back to another new year, which means it’s time for another Year in Transit. This is not for the triskaidekaphobic, as it’s 2013. All aboard for this Internet tradition.
The Blue and Expo lines junction’s builder is found guilty of making the problematic “frog” with actual amphibian frogs. The builder’s defense: That’s why we bid the lowest.
A Los Angeles Times investigation uncovers shoddy construction on the Expo Line, and the crew that built it went on to work as the replacement NFL referees after the project was completed.
A multimodal transit center for downtown Riverside will never materialize because Riverside County Transportation Commission blow the last-chance deadline for federal funding. The commissioners were caught kicking the can down the road – literally. A YouTube video shows them playing hacky sack with a Campbell’s soup container.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich announces another try for Measure J in 2014. This time, though, he’ll support it because half of all funds raised by it must be spent solely in Lancaster and Palmdale.
The Ventura County Transportation Commission will attempt to plan for a countywide transit system. The inexperience shows, as commissioners suggest all of the city-level systems be merged into a single bus route that would somehow serve everyone.
The fiscal cliff will force the elimination of all transit subsidies. Transit agencies nationwide are unable to meet payroll, but they cover some of the gap by adopting an approach started by Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus: Putting a tip jar for the drivers next to the farebox.
A bicyclist will actually stop at a stop sign, but since no one made a photo or video or posted it to social media, no one will believe it actually happened.
The next Orange County Transportation Authority CEO will take a page from retired executive Will Kempton and build goodwill among riders by raising fares another dollar and eliminating Sunday service.
Metro will point to a dubious study that suggests not only will turnstiles prevent all fare delinquencies once locked, they'll generate enough revenue to pay down the federal debt in 10 years.
Cost overruns on California's high-speed rail will be so high -- even before the first mile of track is laid -- that mathemeticians have to invent a new word for the several dozen digits the project will end up costing.
Beverly Hills will argue in court that the subway cannot be built within several miles of the high school because tunneling will disturb a highly sensitive C.H.U.D. habitat.
The Omnitrans board will heed the San Bernardino City Council's request to cancel the sbX bus rapid transit project. The city says its financial advisors tell them that scrapping transit project will appease the mythical bankruptcy fairy.
The Crenshaw line will be the first rail project Metro designs entirely around a community's wishes no matter what the expense. Every Line 210 bus stop will have a underground station, and the line will now have a branch in addition to the LAX terminus: the re-created route of the now-canceled Line 305.
Megabus will resort to paying California passengers to ride its buses. It will still have lower ridership than its abysmal 2007-2008 tenure.
After this prognosticator proposed abandoning the terms Bus Rapid Transit and BRT in favor of Sporkbus, transit bloggers make it a meme. It proves to endure throughout the year, and by next year or 2015 at the latest, Sporkbus eventually forces Bus Rapid Transit and BRT into disuse.
That is your 2013: The Year in Transit. This is dedicated to Dick Clark, who made every New Year’s Day memorable on TV and helped shape music for the 20th century, and Alexander Cockburn, who helped slap some honesty into journalism with the provocative Counterpunch website.
Happy New Year, and peace!
The Blue and Expo lines junction’s builder is found guilty of making the problematic “frog” with actual amphibian frogs. The builder’s defense: That’s why we bid the lowest.
A Los Angeles Times investigation uncovers shoddy construction on the Expo Line, and the crew that built it went on to work as the replacement NFL referees after the project was completed.
A multimodal transit center for downtown Riverside will never materialize because Riverside County Transportation Commission blow the last-chance deadline for federal funding. The commissioners were caught kicking the can down the road – literally. A YouTube video shows them playing hacky sack with a Campbell’s soup container.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich announces another try for Measure J in 2014. This time, though, he’ll support it because half of all funds raised by it must be spent solely in Lancaster and Palmdale.
The Ventura County Transportation Commission will attempt to plan for a countywide transit system. The inexperience shows, as commissioners suggest all of the city-level systems be merged into a single bus route that would somehow serve everyone.
The fiscal cliff will force the elimination of all transit subsidies. Transit agencies nationwide are unable to meet payroll, but they cover some of the gap by adopting an approach started by Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus: Putting a tip jar for the drivers next to the farebox.
A bicyclist will actually stop at a stop sign, but since no one made a photo or video or posted it to social media, no one will believe it actually happened.
The next Orange County Transportation Authority CEO will take a page from retired executive Will Kempton and build goodwill among riders by raising fares another dollar and eliminating Sunday service.
Metro will point to a dubious study that suggests not only will turnstiles prevent all fare delinquencies once locked, they'll generate enough revenue to pay down the federal debt in 10 years.
Cost overruns on California's high-speed rail will be so high -- even before the first mile of track is laid -- that mathemeticians have to invent a new word for the several dozen digits the project will end up costing.
Beverly Hills will argue in court that the subway cannot be built within several miles of the high school because tunneling will disturb a highly sensitive C.H.U.D. habitat.
The Omnitrans board will heed the San Bernardino City Council's request to cancel the sbX bus rapid transit project. The city says its financial advisors tell them that scrapping transit project will appease the mythical bankruptcy fairy.
The Crenshaw line will be the first rail project Metro designs entirely around a community's wishes no matter what the expense. Every Line 210 bus stop will have a underground station, and the line will now have a branch in addition to the LAX terminus: the re-created route of the now-canceled Line 305.
Megabus will resort to paying California passengers to ride its buses. It will still have lower ridership than its abysmal 2007-2008 tenure.
After this prognosticator proposed abandoning the terms Bus Rapid Transit and BRT in favor of Sporkbus, transit bloggers make it a meme. It proves to endure throughout the year, and by next year or 2015 at the latest, Sporkbus eventually forces Bus Rapid Transit and BRT into disuse.
That is your 2013: The Year in Transit. This is dedicated to Dick Clark, who made every New Year’s Day memorable on TV and helped shape music for the 20th century, and Alexander Cockburn, who helped slap some honesty into journalism with the provocative Counterpunch website.
Happy New Year, and peace!
hannahf...@gmail.com
Feb 12, 2015, 7:03:28 PM2/12/15
to
On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 12:20:13 AM UTC-8, Wad wrote:
> Welcome back to another new year, which means it's time for another Year in Transit. This is not for the triskaidekaphobic, as it's 2013. All aboard for this Internet tradition.
>
>
>
> The Blue and Expo lines junction's builder is found guilty of making the problematic "frog" with actual amphibian frogs. The builder's defense: That's why we bid the lowest.
>
> A Los Angeles Times investigation uncovers shoddy construction on the Expo Line, and the crew that built it went on to work as the replacement NFL referees after the project was completed.
>
> A multimodal transit center for downtown Riverside will never materialize because Riverside County Transportation Commission blow the last-chance deadline for federal funding. The commissioners were caught kicking the can down the road - literally. A YouTube video shows them playing hacky sack with a Campbell's soup container.
> Welcome back to another new year, which means it's time for another Year in Transit. This is not for the triskaidekaphobic, as it's 2013. All aboard for this Internet tradition.
>
>
>
> The Blue and Expo lines junction's builder is found guilty of making the problematic "frog" with actual amphibian frogs. The builder's defense: That's why we bid the lowest.
>
> A Los Angeles Times investigation uncovers shoddy construction on the Expo Line, and the crew that built it went on to work as the replacement NFL referees after the project was completed.
>
>
> Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich announces another try for Measure J in 2014. This time, though, he'll support it because half of all funds raised by it must be spent solely in Lancaster and Palmdale.
>
> The Ventura County Transportation Commission will attempt to plan for a countywide transit system. The inexperience shows, as commissioners suggest all of the city-level systems be merged into a single bus route that would somehow serve everyone.
>
> The fiscal cliff will force the elimination of all transit subsidies. Transit agencies nationwide are unable to meet payroll, but they cover some of the gap by adopting an approach started by Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus: Putting a tip jar for the drivers next to the farebox.
>
> A bicyclist will actually stop at a stop sign, but since no one made a photo or video or posted it to social media, no one will believe it actually happened.
>
> The next Orange County Transportation Authority CEO will take a page from retired executive Will Kempton and build goodwill among riders by raising fares another dollar and eliminating Sunday service.
>
> Metro will point to a dubious study that suggests not only will turnstiles prevent all fare delinquencies once locked, they'll generate enough revenue to pay down the federal debt in 10 years.
>
> Cost overruns on California's high-speed rail will be so high -- even before the first mile of track is laid -- that mathemeticians have to invent a new word for the several dozen digits the project will end up costing.
>
> Beverly Hills will argue in court that the subway cannot be built within several miles of the high school because tunneling will disturb a highly sensitive C.H.U.D. habitat.
>
> The Omnitrans board will heed the San Bernardino City Council's request to cancel the sbX bus rapid transit project. The city says its financial advisors tell them that scrapping transit project will appease the mythical bankruptcy fairy.
>
> The Crenshaw line will be the first rail project Metro designs entirely around a community's wishes no matter what the expense. Every Line 210 bus stop will have a underground station, and the line will now have a branch in addition to the LAX terminus: the re-created route of the now-canceled Line 305.
>
> Megabus will resort to paying California passengers to ride its buses. It will still have lower ridership than its abysmal 2007-2008 tenure.
>
> After this prognosticator proposed abandoning the terms Bus Rapid Transit and BRT in favor of Sporkbus, transit bloggers make it a meme. It proves to endure throughout the year, and by next year or 2015 at the latest, Sporkbus eventually forces Bus Rapid Transit and BRT into disuse.
>
>
>
> That is your 2013: The Year in Transit. This is dedicated to Dick Clark, who made every New Year's Day memorable on TV and helped shape music for the 20th century, and Alexander Cockburn, who helped slap some honesty into journalism with the provocative Counterpunch website.
>
> Happy New Year, and peace!
What happened to 2014?
> Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich announces another try for Measure J in 2014. This time, though, he'll support it because half of all funds raised by it must be spent solely in Lancaster and Palmdale.
>
> The Ventura County Transportation Commission will attempt to plan for a countywide transit system. The inexperience shows, as commissioners suggest all of the city-level systems be merged into a single bus route that would somehow serve everyone.
>
> The fiscal cliff will force the elimination of all transit subsidies. Transit agencies nationwide are unable to meet payroll, but they cover some of the gap by adopting an approach started by Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus: Putting a tip jar for the drivers next to the farebox.
>
> A bicyclist will actually stop at a stop sign, but since no one made a photo or video or posted it to social media, no one will believe it actually happened.
>
> The next Orange County Transportation Authority CEO will take a page from retired executive Will Kempton and build goodwill among riders by raising fares another dollar and eliminating Sunday service.
>
> Metro will point to a dubious study that suggests not only will turnstiles prevent all fare delinquencies once locked, they'll generate enough revenue to pay down the federal debt in 10 years.
>
> Cost overruns on California's high-speed rail will be so high -- even before the first mile of track is laid -- that mathemeticians have to invent a new word for the several dozen digits the project will end up costing.
>
> Beverly Hills will argue in court that the subway cannot be built within several miles of the high school because tunneling will disturb a highly sensitive C.H.U.D. habitat.
>
> The Omnitrans board will heed the San Bernardino City Council's request to cancel the sbX bus rapid transit project. The city says its financial advisors tell them that scrapping transit project will appease the mythical bankruptcy fairy.
>
> The Crenshaw line will be the first rail project Metro designs entirely around a community's wishes no matter what the expense. Every Line 210 bus stop will have a underground station, and the line will now have a branch in addition to the LAX terminus: the re-created route of the now-canceled Line 305.
>
> Megabus will resort to paying California passengers to ride its buses. It will still have lower ridership than its abysmal 2007-2008 tenure.
>
> After this prognosticator proposed abandoning the terms Bus Rapid Transit and BRT in favor of Sporkbus, transit bloggers make it a meme. It proves to endure throughout the year, and by next year or 2015 at the latest, Sporkbus eventually forces Bus Rapid Transit and BRT into disuse.
>
>
>
> That is your 2013: The Year in Transit. This is dedicated to Dick Clark, who made every New Year's Day memorable on TV and helped shape music for the 20th century, and Alexander Cockburn, who helped slap some honesty into journalism with the provocative Counterpunch website.
>
> Happy New Year, and peace!
hannahf...@gmail.com
Feb 5, 2016, 5:28:59 PM2/5/16
to
On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 12:20:13 AM UTC-8, Wad wrote:
> Welcome back to another new year, which means it's time for another Year in Transit. This is not for the triskaidekaphobic, as it's 2013. All aboard for this Internet tradition.
>
>
>
> The Blue and Expo lines junction's builder is found guilty of making the problematic "frog" with actual amphibian frogs. The builder's defense: That's why we bid the lowest.
>
> A Los Angeles Times investigation uncovers shoddy construction on the Expo Line, and the crew that built it went on to work as the replacement NFL referees after the project was completed.
>
> A multimodal transit center for downtown Riverside will never materialize because Riverside County Transportation Commission blow the last-chance deadline for federal funding. The commissioners were caught kicking the can down the road - literally. A YouTube video shows them playing hacky sack with a Campbell's soup container.
>
>
>
> The Blue and Expo lines junction's builder is found guilty of making the problematic "frog" with actual amphibian frogs. The builder's defense: That's why we bid the lowest.
>
> A Los Angeles Times investigation uncovers shoddy construction on the Expo Line, and the crew that built it went on to work as the replacement NFL referees after the project was completed.
>
>
> Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich announces another try for Measure J in 2014. This time, though, he'll support it because half of all funds raised by it must be spent solely in Lancaster and Palmdale.
>
> The Ventura County Transportation Commission will attempt to plan for a countywide transit system. The inexperience shows, as commissioners suggest all of the city-level systems be merged into a single bus route that would somehow serve everyone.
>
> The fiscal cliff will force the elimination of all transit subsidies. Transit agencies nationwide are unable to meet payroll, but they cover some of the gap by adopting an approach started by Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus: Putting a tip jar for the drivers next to the farebox.
>
> A bicyclist will actually stop at a stop sign, but since no one made a photo or video or posted it to social media, no one will believe it actually happened.
>
> The next Orange County Transportation Authority CEO will take a page from retired executive Will Kempton and build goodwill among riders by raising fares another dollar and eliminating Sunday service.
>
> Metro will point to a dubious study that suggests not only will turnstiles prevent all fare delinquencies once locked, they'll generate enough revenue to pay down the federal debt in 10 years.
>
> Cost overruns on California's high-speed rail will be so high -- even before the first mile of track is laid -- that mathemeticians have to invent a new word for the several dozen digits the project will end up costing.
>
> Beverly Hills will argue in court that the subway cannot be built within several miles of the high school because tunneling will disturb a highly sensitive C.H.U.D. habitat.
>
> The Omnitrans board will heed the San Bernardino City Council's request to cancel the sbX bus rapid transit project. The city says its financial advisors tell them that scrapping transit project will appease the mythical bankruptcy fairy.
>
> The Crenshaw line will be the first rail project Metro designs entirely around a community's wishes no matter what the expense. Every Line 210 bus stop will have a underground station, and the line will now have a branch in addition to the LAX terminus: the re-created route of the now-canceled Line 305.
>
> Megabus will resort to paying California passengers to ride its buses. It will still have lower ridership than its abysmal 2007-2008 tenure.
>
> After this prognosticator proposed abandoning the terms Bus Rapid Transit and BRT in favor of Sporkbus, transit bloggers make it a meme. It proves to endure throughout the year, and by next year or 2015 at the latest, Sporkbus eventually forces Bus Rapid Transit and BRT into disuse.
>
>
>
> That is your 2013: The Year in Transit. This is dedicated to Dick Clark, who made every New Year's Day memorable on TV and helped shape music for the 20th century, and Alexander Cockburn, who helped slap some honesty into journalism with the provocative Counterpunch website.
>
> Happy New Year, and peace!
What happened to 2015? Did the Wadster die?
> Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich announces another try for Measure J in 2014. This time, though, he'll support it because half of all funds raised by it must be spent solely in Lancaster and Palmdale.
>
> The Ventura County Transportation Commission will attempt to plan for a countywide transit system. The inexperience shows, as commissioners suggest all of the city-level systems be merged into a single bus route that would somehow serve everyone.
>
> The fiscal cliff will force the elimination of all transit subsidies. Transit agencies nationwide are unable to meet payroll, but they cover some of the gap by adopting an approach started by Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus: Putting a tip jar for the drivers next to the farebox.
>
> A bicyclist will actually stop at a stop sign, but since no one made a photo or video or posted it to social media, no one will believe it actually happened.
>
> The next Orange County Transportation Authority CEO will take a page from retired executive Will Kempton and build goodwill among riders by raising fares another dollar and eliminating Sunday service.
>
> Metro will point to a dubious study that suggests not only will turnstiles prevent all fare delinquencies once locked, they'll generate enough revenue to pay down the federal debt in 10 years.
>
> Cost overruns on California's high-speed rail will be so high -- even before the first mile of track is laid -- that mathemeticians have to invent a new word for the several dozen digits the project will end up costing.
>
> Beverly Hills will argue in court that the subway cannot be built within several miles of the high school because tunneling will disturb a highly sensitive C.H.U.D. habitat.
>
> The Omnitrans board will heed the San Bernardino City Council's request to cancel the sbX bus rapid transit project. The city says its financial advisors tell them that scrapping transit project will appease the mythical bankruptcy fairy.
>
> The Crenshaw line will be the first rail project Metro designs entirely around a community's wishes no matter what the expense. Every Line 210 bus stop will have a underground station, and the line will now have a branch in addition to the LAX terminus: the re-created route of the now-canceled Line 305.
>
> Megabus will resort to paying California passengers to ride its buses. It will still have lower ridership than its abysmal 2007-2008 tenure.
>
> After this prognosticator proposed abandoning the terms Bus Rapid Transit and BRT in favor of Sporkbus, transit bloggers make it a meme. It proves to endure throughout the year, and by next year or 2015 at the latest, Sporkbus eventually forces Bus Rapid Transit and BRT into disuse.
>
>
>
> That is your 2013: The Year in Transit. This is dedicated to Dick Clark, who made every New Year's Day memorable on TV and helped shape music for the 20th century, and Alexander Cockburn, who helped slap some honesty into journalism with the provocative Counterpunch website.
>
> Happy New Year, and peace!
0 new messages