Comments on: In D.C., a battle over Metro funds is brewing

By: Transit Bits | RailBlogr

Transit Bits | RailBlogr — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:49:16 +0000

[...] Pity the poor WMATA, operators of Washington, D.C.’s Metro rail service, whose budget is being used as a political toy by a Republican Senator from Oklahoma. [Second Ave. Sagas] [...]

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:46:43 +0000

Maryland and Virginia are receiver states; in fact, Virginia is the biggest receiver state in the country, on an absolute rather than per capita basis. DC is the biggest receiver on a per capita basis, by far more than the runner up, New Mexico.

This becomes even more egregious when you consider metro areas, rather than states. The DC suburbs in Maryland and Virginia are the biggest receiver counties next to DC itself. In contrast, every county in the New York metro area is a net donor except Mercer, New Jersey, and possibly some of the Outer Boroughs (spending data is only available for NYC as a whole, and doesn’t break down by county; the city is a net donor).

By: The Secret Conductor

The Secret Conductor — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:15:05 +0000

People love their cars and are willing to sit in traffic for an hour rather than be on a train or a plane. Even if that impact is clearly shown in business and in the environment, we are hard pressed to get out of our cars.

When traffic in NYC (and I will guess DC and other places) get so bad like London, then and ONLY then will we decide to invest in our transportation infrastructure and more specifically our trains and planes.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:08:03 +0000

Well, Tom, if you want to drive on I-40, why don’t you pay what it costs to drive on I-40? Stop stealing opportunity from our children!

By: JP

JP — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:16:00 +0000

Coburn is a joker to nth degree. Oklahoma is a receiver state(probably near the top) and Maryland and VA are donor states and DC doesn’t even have any freaking representation. Metro is already too freaking pricey and DC traffic is horrible. I would block every federal project I could in Oklahoma until Metro got its money if I was the Congressional Delgation. If these small government Republicans from red donor states want to play this game, cut the cord and have proportional spending based on taxes paid by into the system. Same goes for McCain and Amtrak.