Did they cut your bus route?

[BRU67]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

It drives me crazy when people say public transportation should "pay for itself"... If you look at the vast sums of money that we put into highway and other road construction, not to mention the subsidies of the oil industries and the not-so-hidden geopolitical costs of doing business in the middle east, the single Automobile in America is perhaps the most subsidized form of transportation in the history of the world!

Public transportation is a GOVERNMENT SERVICE, just like the roads, sewers, utilities, and other essential government functions. It is not meant to be profitable, and it shouldn't be expected to be! Additionally, the economy of the entire region is largely dependent on the efficient movement of goods and services in the Chicago area, and the economic impact of greater gridlock would be felt on the regional and perhaps national level. Get it together, Illinois Lawmakers! You're messing around with a lot more than a few trains and busses here!

Yessir, our State just dumped $730 million into extending I-355 to encourage more urban sprawl. According to Sunday's Trib, 20,000 acres of new subdivisions are expected to pop up along the corridor. In other words, more than 20,000 acres of farm land will be destroyed and tens of thousands of gallons of more fuel will be wasted per year. All of this while inner city neighborhoods which could be revitalized are allowed to decay.

Ugh

[scarletneon]

Originally Posted by BRU67

Yessir, our State just dumped $730 million into extending I-355 to encourage more urban sprawl. According to Sunday's Trib, 20,000 acres of new subdivisions are expected to pop up along the corridor. In other words, more than 20,000 acres of farm land will be destroyed and tens of thousands of gallons of more fuel will be wasted per year. All of this while inner city neighborhoods which could be revitalized are allowed to decay.

Ugh

*plugs ears*
lalalalalalalalalalala what did you say???

double ugh.

[PAKennedy]

So how did your elections go? I'm sure this would have been a big part in how people voted.

[j33]

We didn't have any this time around.

[scarletneon]

Originally Posted by j33

We didn't have any this time around.

since i haven't lived here very long, when DO i get to vote and try to make myself feel better? heheh.

[BRU67]

Originally Posted by supernerdgirl

*plugs ears*
lalalalalalalalalalala what did you say???

double ugh.

Hehe. Triple ugh What a freakin' waste.

[jdiddy]

Even though there wasn't a vote, everyone should still be writing to the legislature, Blago and Daley. We need to keep the pressure up even when its not a week until doomsday, or else these *******s will that they can continue to kick the ball down the road, and prevent to enact any real legislation.

Each month they fail to act, the CTA loses 11 million dollars saved in labor renegotiations that do not take effect until the funding formula is revised.

on edit: I had no idea schm*ck was considered a bad word...