transportation Archive
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The High Speed Rail is Coming, Brother!
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 13 CommentsCalifornia’s High Speed Rail is coming for sure – just last week we were awarded $2.35 billion for it, from President Obama’s kickass stimulus bill! It’s coming with 130,000 construction... -
Supervisor Pat Bates honored for her work as a woman in transportation
Posted on December 10, 2009 | 5 CommentsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2009 Contact: Kristen Thornton at (714) 834-3550 Patricia C. Bates is Named ‘O.C. Woman of the Year’ for Women in Transportation SANTA ANA –... -
Could lawsuits eroding state budget turn into another train wreck?
Posted on October 5, 2009 | No CommentsWe all know that for years the State Legislature and various Governors have used accounting tricks and budgeting gimmicks to produce the annual State budget in what is then billed as... -
Politicians line up to support high speed rail funding at public event on Friday
Posted on September 30, 2009 | 1 CommentAnaheim Mayor Curt Pringle will be making that awful commute up the 5 Freeway this Friday, Oct. 2, to attend a meeting of politicians and other special interests and community... -
The Electric Flag!
Posted on August 14, 2009 | No CommentsYears ago they used to say: “Hell, sell it to the government..they’ll buy anything!” Well, we have bailed out Chrysler and General Motors and evidently have made a committment to... -
Should the OCTA extend the 57 Freeway through Santa Ana?
Posted on June 2, 2009 | 36 CommentsA friend of mine tipped me off about an OCTA meeting yesterday where they discussed extending the 57 Freeway. And you thought that was off the table? Nope! This could... -
Time to be Driving a Platinum Spike?
Posted on April 16, 2009 | 3 CommentsMay 10th, 1869 the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads joined together at Promontory Point, Utah celebrating completion of the great American Transcontinental Railroad – something that reduced travel time and invited passengers... -
Hang ‘em from the yard arm!
Posted on April 10, 2009 | 3 CommentsLong John Silver was a pirate with a soul. Jim Hawkins even believed in Long John until he found out he was being led astray! Robert Louis Stevenson wrote vividly... -
John Wayne still kicks butt
Posted on January 27, 2009 | 2 CommentsTwo important developments at John Wayne Airport this week: Virgin starts flying at JWA April 30 Air Canada may offer first JWA international service Kudos to Airport Director Alan Murphy and... -
Mike’s Auto Bailout (Emphases Added)
Posted on December 4, 2008 | 6 CommentsSaving the Big 3 for You and Me … a message from Michael Moore Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Friends, I drive an American car. It’s a Chrysler. That’s not an... -
What’s wrong with this Pick-up Truck?
Posted on December 3, 2008 | 8 CommentsAs the Big Three go to Congress, this time hat in hand…they are looking for not $25 Billion bucks but now $34 Billion in loans to get them through the... -
Henry “Bulldog” Waxman takes over at Energy and Commerce!
Posted on November 20, 2008 | 5 CommentsBest news so far out of the new Congress: The all-important House Energy and Commerce Committee, in defiance of the traditions of seniority, has just been switched from John Dingell,... -
Why Oil Should be $28 dollars a barrel…
Posted on November 14, 2008 | No CommentsAs the world faces an economic meltdown of apocalyptic proportions the idea that fuel efficient vehicles, trains, planes and electrical generation are all on the table is fascinating. The first... -
Ron W. Wins OJ Prop Pool
Posted on November 5, 2008 | 5 CommentsOK, there was no real Proposition pool, and we all made recommendations based on our consciences (such as they are, those of us who have one) not as predictions. But...
