<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Gas tax revenue falling, feds seek to raid mass transit budget to pay for highways]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Sean Casten http://www.grist.org/article/short-term-yes-solution-no/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:35:35 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/short-term-yes-solution-no/1 I saw that article

And had the same thought - thanks for posting.

The bigger problem it seems to me is that mass transit is funded through gasoline taxes, which creates a rather obvious conflict.  It's analagous to using cigarette taxes to fund anti-smoking campaigns.  Well, I guess we do that too, but you get my point!

]]> I saw that article

And had the same thought - thanks for posting.

The bigger problem it seems to me is that mass transit is funded through gasoline taxes, which creates a rather obvious conflict.  It's analagous to using cigarette taxes to fund anti-smoking campaigns.  Well, I guess we do that too, but you get my point!

]]> Comment #2 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/short-term-yes-solution-no/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:48:45 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/short-term-yes-solution-no/2 Intellectual Speed Trap


Er...how fast do you think you were going, bub?

Just because mass transit increases a bit, and gasoline consumption goes down doesn't mean there's an equivalence.

Yes, I have read that some people, who have SUVs stopped driving them 60 miles into the city when they could take a bus.

But many more miles are simply the result of consumers deciding not to "joyride" ... as in let's go to the mall, let's go to the corner store...

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Er...how fast do you think you were going, bub?

Just because mass transit increases a bit, and gasoline consumption goes down doesn't mean there's an equivalence.

Yes, I have read that some people, who have SUVs stopped driving them 60 miles into the city when they could take a bus.

But many more miles are simply the result of consumers deciding not to "joyride" ... as in let's go to the mall, let's go to the corner store...

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