"@peterrothberg: Probably worth remembering that today is the 10th anniversary of what is already the longest war in US history."
Friday, October 7, 2011
Man hit by Amtrak train in NW Portland
"@KOINLocal6: Man suffers traumatic injuries after being struck by an Amtrak train in NW Portland http://t.co/JUXp4Do0"
What Portland Took Away...
Muni is coming close to giving. Check passage out from the article:
Muni estimates that about 36,000, or 15 percent, of its riders are younger than 18. If boarding were free, an extra 11,000 young people would ride, officials estimate.
I wish TriMet/ Portland would realize that youths need reasonable access to transit. We don't have a lot of money and some of us have to pay for our fares ourselves and as fares get more and more expensive, it pushes more and more people off transit.
I'm jealous, though: Muni, compared to TriMet actually has quite cheap fares. Muni's youth monthly pass is only $21, and a single fare for kids 5-17 is only $0.75. The adult monthly pass is $62 or $72 for Muni/BART fare, while a single fare is only $2.
How long has it been since TriMet's fares were so cheap? And why does it sound so silly to call those prices cheap?
Muni estimates that about 36,000, or 15 percent, of its riders are younger than 18. If boarding were free, an extra 11,000 young people would ride, officials estimate.
I wish TriMet/ Portland would realize that youths need reasonable access to transit. We don't have a lot of money and some of us have to pay for our fares ourselves and as fares get more and more expensive, it pushes more and more people off transit.
I'm jealous, though: Muni, compared to TriMet actually has quite cheap fares. Muni's youth monthly pass is only $21, and a single fare for kids 5-17 is only $0.75. The adult monthly pass is $62 or $72 for Muni/BART fare, while a single fare is only $2.
How long has it been since TriMet's fares were so cheap? And why does it sound so silly to call those prices cheap?
Why you don't drive while using a cell phone
Here is another stupid bus driver who was on their cell phone:
Dumping the American Dream
"The time has come to take thought, to reflect on what the genuine needs and pleasures of life are, and to find some symmetry between our ends and our means. Those ends are not mysterious, or the province of a few: we wish ourselves and our loved ones to eat well, to be comfortably clothed and housed, to learn through education what we can become and do, to be healthy, to enjoy nature and the works of the species; to have control over our lives. Each of these ends moves away from us, not closer, with each passing year. We count as our treasures what we have been socialized to count as treasures, though they defile our lives and make robots of us all: the automobile, the TV, the encapsulated suburban existence, the gleaming high buildings, the ever-rising GNP, 'fast' food. [To which we might add: the terrible legacy of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg--"heroes" only in an upside-down world.] We are moving in the wrong direction for human beings."
http://morrisberman.blogspot.com/2011/10/dumping-american-dream.html
http://morrisberman.blogspot.com/2011/10/dumping-american-dream.html
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