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CTA “Super Station” Mothballed

June 12, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Photo by flickr user mss2400 Thanks, DBM for the tip: Faced with runaway costs, the CTA and City Hall slammed the emergency brakes Wednesday on ambitious plans to build a "super station" in downtown's Block 37 to speed express trains to both Chicago's airports.A combined $213 million has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transportation Tagged With: block 37, Chicago, CTA, super station, transit, Transportation

Free Market Impostors

June 6, 2008 By Adam Hengels

I subscribe to the CATO Institute's Daily Dispatch email. I enjoy ready the daily briefings of current events from a free-market perspective. But, once in a while, my capitalist stomach turns when they mention transit, usually accompanied by a quote from Randal O'Toole. Usually he bashes some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free-market impostors, Transportation Tagged With: CATO, Free-market, gas tax, highways, Randal O'Toole, transit

World’s Most Impressive Subways

June 3, 2008 By Adam Hengels

WIRED - Gallery: The World's Most Impressive Subwaysphoto of DC Subway by flickr user JerryHayesAustin, although DC was not included in WIRED's gallery. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transportation Tagged With: subway, transit, wired, world

Happy 125th, Chicago’s L

June 2, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Stephen Smith at rationalitate picked up on a Wired article and posted Thomas Edison builds the first el: today is 125th anniversary of the debut of Thomas Edison's elevated electric railway demonstration in Chicago. The project was financed with $2 million in private funds, through the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transportation Tagged With: Chicago, chicago's L, CTA, Electric Railway Company, private transit, Thomas Edison, transit, Transportation

How McCain or Obama Can Permanently Eliminate the Gas Tax, Cut Pork and Help the Environment

May 12, 2008 By Adam Hengels

John McCain and Hillary Clinton have both supported the idea of a "Gas Tax Holiday". The whole idea of a Holy Day to celebrate the worship of socialized transportation catered by Santa Clinton/McCain seems pretty absurd to me. Nonetheless, they expect pandering to gas-addicted voters to pay off in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transportation Tagged With: Barack Obama, Economics, election, Free-market, highways, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, petroleum, politics, pork, President, privatization, transit, Transportation

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