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Leo

we'll talk...

It's been a long summer of building others bikes (but,) it looks like some time may be freeing up a bit. And I got a bunch of these things to build before school starts again...

we'll talk.

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Good

It's good for the reasons the LA Times columnist brings up, but he seems to ignore that EVERYTHING needs to be transported and that is a big part of the economy.

Maybe there needs to be a way to offset some of the costs for those it hurts most. Like independent distributors and other types of delivery workers.

like/don't like

I like the idea that it's FINALLY getting
the middle/uppermiddle-class folk to actually
conSIDer using less gas--either by
cutting down driving, buying a more efficient car or whatever----back in the 70's there
was that "Oil *CRISES*" they called it--everyone went out and bought Toyotas and Pintos...but somehow that wore off (???) and people noticed gas was still a relatively small part of their budget and they bought BIG GIANT TONKA toys to drive. So, yeah, I like the wake-up call aspect.
But yeah, for folks who are already barely scraping by....I wish they had an alternative-------(public transportation won't get much real love while only the poor are using it---cuz we are such a loving and compassionate people).

Missing the point

Rob DeFrees

Until folks get out of private motors and start using public transport, the rising price of petrol will be like the weather in Fresno, much chatted about but nothing done about.

MOI does not drive and always uses public transport or hires a taxi for trips about town. The cost of petrol hurts as price of food and other services dependant on vehicles continues to rise. Recently was hit with a $12.99 delivery charge for flowers due to petrol price. That smarts.

On the whole life has not changed, but my neighbors are using motors less and even have taken to stealing petrol from one another.

Hardly think that my road will find new tenants due to the rise in petrol, or that folks will stop driving to RiverPark Mall.

Can Fresno get better bus service?

What about cleaner buses?
Restrictions on passengers?
If your soaked in beer or urine your not allowed on.
Limit how much packages they can bring on.
Its a bus not a U-Haul.
No animal from the swapmeet.
Chickens, ducks, baby pigs, ect are not allowed in the city why are they allowed on the bus?
I don't care if they are in boxes they don't belong on the bus.
Also better service is needed on the weekends.
Also a bus office like Manchester should be in Courthouse Park this way they can watch all the drug deals and crime there.

The only thing I don't like about telecommuting

is people not getting out of the house. There are already the people that never leave the house living a pseudo or virtual life. I won't be surprised some day when in conversation I hear someone reply "LOL" to a funny comment. Other than that it's a cool benefit. For white collar professional techno geek types anyhow...

I know I'm thinking of asking "The Void" to whip me up a bike to start biking to work. So, that's a good thing...

Diablo

Like most folks, I'm

Like most folks, I'm thrilled that it is cutting down on jerks in huge lifted trucks driving like maniacs. But there are a ton of farm laborers who can't take a bus to work or buy a Prius. So it's not all sunshine.

Supposedly a consequence of all this is that the well-to-do will move back into city centers, and suburbia will become a wasteland for the poor (I can't remember if I heard this theory on CNN or Time). If that happens, great, but I'm skeptical that I'll see the transition finish in my lifetime.

What I would like to see start to happen are telecommuting incentives for businesses. Imagine the change in traffic and pollution if most of the people in downtown could work at least 1 day a week at home. Or even a 4-10 schedule. If you don't have everybody living in downtown and riding the bus today, shorter work weeks and/or telecommuting would be a good first step toward cutting the cord with oil.