Comments for gluespace.org http://gluespace.wordpress.com This blog is GLUE's temporary home on the web while our permanent site is under construction. We appreciate your patience while we grow! Thu, 15 May 2008 18:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Transit Ridership Booming! by mattomega http://gluespace.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/transit-ridership-booming/#comment-43 mattomega Mon, 12 May 2008 16:01:38 +0000 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-43 This is terrible. As a former mass transit commuter, I got rid of my car so I could ride the rails daily. I ditched the car because there was no economic benefit to having both an automobile and a monthly rail pass because New Jersey Transit train tickets are so damn expensive. It's very depressing that the price of gas is so high now that it's actually economically beneficial to take the train -- it's depressing because no matter the cost of gas, it should ALWAYS be more economically sustainable to take mass transit. Now, NJTransit is being rewarded from not their own initiative, but from other market forces. As a result, I would bet my monthly pass (if I still had one) that NJT will try to capitalize off this surge in ridership, and continue to raise commuter costs. It's a vicious cycle. The moral of the story: If you can, live where you work. Support local economies This is terrible. As a former mass transit commuter, I got rid of my car so I could ride the rails daily. I ditched the car because there was no economic benefit to having both an automobile and a monthly rail pass because New Jersey Transit train tickets are so damn expensive. It’s very depressing that the price of gas is so high now that it’s actually economically beneficial to take the train — it’s depressing because no matter the cost of gas, it should ALWAYS be more economically sustainable to take mass transit. Now, NJTransit is being rewarded from not their own initiative, but from other market forces. As a result, I would bet my monthly pass (if I still had one) that NJT will try to capitalize off this surge in ridership, and continue to raise commuter costs. It’s a vicious cycle.

The moral of the story: If you can, live where you work. Support local economies

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]]> Comment on Can (insert your city’s name here) Ever Come Back? By Anthony Armstrong, Buffalo, NY by Update - Buffalo Can Come Back « gluespace.org http://gluespace.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/can-insert-your-citys-name-here-ever-come-back-by-anthony-armstrong-buffalo-ny/#comment-40 Update - Buffalo Can Come Back « gluespace.org Tue, 06 May 2008 20:35:20 +0000 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-40 [...] 6, 2008 by abbywilson Remember our friend Anthony Armstrong’s post about recent controversial remarks regarding Buffalo’s economy?   He was writing in advance [...] [...] 6, 2008 by abbywilson Remember our friend Anthony Armstrong’s post about recent controversial remarks regarding Buffalo’s economy?   He was writing in advance [...]

]]> Comment on Buffalonians, Come Home! by Buffalo Homing News | Buffalo Homecoming 2008 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/buffalonians-come-home/#comment-39 Buffalo Homing News | Buffalo Homecoming 2008 Sat, 03 May 2008 16:58:11 +0000 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-39 [...] Buffalonians, Come Home! [...] [...] Buffalonians, Come Home! [...]

]]> Comment on PGH and DET, On a Spectrum by melinchi http://gluespace.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/pgh-and-deton-a-spectrum/#comment-37 melinchi Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:52:29 +0000 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-37 PGH is Pittsburgh. DET is Detroit. Language reveals worldview. Calling cities by their airport abbreviations speaks to their stake in the rapidly expanding global network. These are places connected, informed, and growing. The world is brought home to the Great Lakes. PGH is Pittsburgh. DET is Detroit. Language reveals worldview. Calling cities by their airport abbreviations speaks to their stake in the rapidly expanding global network. These are places connected, informed, and growing. The world is brought home to the Great Lakes.

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]]> Comment on Local by Sticky Results, Unfiltered, #1 « gluespace.org http://gluespace.wordpress.com/going-local/#comment-35 Sticky Results, Unfiltered, #1 « gluespace.org Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:59:51 +0000 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/?page_id=61#comment-35 [...] Local [...] [...] Local [...]

]]> Comment on What’s GLUE? by eyesawfoto http://gluespace.wordpress.com/about/#comment-34 eyesawfoto Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:11:47 +0000 #comment-34 well said, Ken and I could not agree more well said, Ken and I could not agree more

]]> Comment on My Mega-Regional Easter Basket: Pittsburgh IS a Great Lakes City! by eyesawfoto http://gluespace.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/my-mega-regional-easter-basket-pittsburgh-is-a-great-lakes-city/#comment-33 eyesawfoto Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:01:02 +0000 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-33 I am a firm believer in never undercutting the potential power of cooperation. I am a firm believer in never undercutting the potential power of cooperation.

]]> Comment on My Mega-Regional Easter Basket: Pittsburgh IS a Great Lakes City! by talldean http://gluespace.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/my-mega-regional-easter-basket-pittsburgh-is-a-great-lakes-city/#comment-31 talldean Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:53:51 +0000 http://gluespace.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-31 And heck, my wonderful girlfriend <a href="http://www.duluthport.com/99summer/ussgreatlakesfleet.html" rel="nofollow">proves me wrong</a>, by pointing out US Steel's Pittsburgh Fleet. Hunh. :) http://www.duluthport.com/99summer/ussgreatlakesfleet.html And heck, my wonderful girlfriend proves me wrong, by pointing out US Steel’s Pittsburgh Fleet.

Hunh. :)

http://www.duluthport.com/99summer/ussgreatlakesfleet.html

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