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> [missionlocal.org]
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> d-220k-by-state-for-blowing-off-emissions-requirem
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> > > Go to trolley coaches, Muni-SPUR-MTC planning
> > > tardos.
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> > SF liberaltards! Higher fares now!
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> I have been a huge fan of electric trolley buses.
> I like how they look (even the Twin Coaches with
> their garish grills) and the fact that they work
> well on hilly terrain and are cleaner and quieter
> than conventional diesel buses and the zing sound
> of trolley poles on overhead wires. Whenever
> visiting the City, I usually one or two MUNI
> electric trolleybus lines. I have a book on
> Milwaukee's trolleybuses and a Milwaukee
> trolleybus poster. I have tried, unsuccessfully
> to convince the CEO of the transit agency for
> which I work as a planner to consider electric
> trolleybuses.
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> I also remember reading a number of years ago that
> residents in one area of San Francisco opposed a
> plan to electrify a bus route due objections of
> the visual impacts of overhead electric wires. I
> don't remember which route was proposed or how the
> issue was ultimately resolved. What I do know is
> that MUNI has not significantly expanded its
> network of electric trolleybuses and I am not
> aware of plans to do so. Nothing I've read
> suggests that was due to planners' decisions.
> Unless one of you provides evidence to the
> contrary, I am going to assume that political
> opposition to new electric lines in combination of
> operations' (and perhaps engineering or finance)
> staff dislike of the additional maintenance costs
> and efforts to maintain more miles of overhead
> wire are the reasons there are not more electric
> bus routes in the City.
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> It's really disingenuous for any conservative to
> use a discussion of public transportation to bash
> liberals. Conservatives have become stridently
> anti-transit. (Please don't bring up Paul Weyrich
> and William Lind. Mr. Weyrich is dead and Lind
> has not convinced conservatives and libertarians
> to stop their anti-transit efforts).
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> Specifically:
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> * An anti-transit agenda was inserted into the
> 2016 GOP platform
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> * Donald Trump has proposed eliminated the federal
> Capital Investment Grant Program for major transit
> projects
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> * The Koch Brothers provide major funding for the
> anti-transit Americans for Prosperity and helped
> to defeat a local referendum to increase funding
> for the Wichita transit system.
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> * During a debate about a measure to increase
> state funding for Pennsylvania's transit systems
> Pennsylvania State Representative Darryl Metcalf
> (an ultra conservative Republican) dismissed the
> measure as more welfare for Philadelphia.

actually muni's problem, and it's well documented by the local press,
is that they can't keep anything running, crappy mechanics and lousy
management, and as far as kansas &
pennsylvania go, they elected these
clowns, so don't feel sorry for them,
they got what they deserved, and the
GOP transportation plan is, mule power & shoe leather, it worked
great, back in the 18th century