CAHSR's Strongest Soldier
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- This lot (photo taken on a weekday) is literally next to Riverside Metrolink and has been vacant for the last 5 years. It's walking distance from a bus depot, a park and downtown Riverside jobs, but it's not legal to build housing there. SB 79 would fix this.
- Like a lot of things this is downstream of weak state/strong corporate power. CA has struggled to force a ZE transition in the logistics sector, but it's easier to impose mandates on the public sector, so transit agencies are forced to test emerging tech for the heavy duty trucks, riders be damned.
- Reposted by CAHSR's Strongest SoldierJust asked a California transit manager if the state's Zero Emission Bus mandate is causing them to run less service than they otherwise would. He said: "Yes, definitely." A diesel bus only has to get 4 ppl out of cars to be better for the planet than an electric bus. Hmm.
- Reposted by CAHSR's Strongest Soldierquite a chart www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
- This is an excellent example of how the Right drives up infrastructure costs. In-house staff are critical for keeping capital costs under control, but austerity leads to delays, pricey consultants, and less building overall.
- "Among the areas affected by this week’s layoffs are an expanded unit within the railroad that was intended to shepherd some of its largest capital investment projects, including new multi-billion-dollar rail tunnels in New York City and Baltimore," www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
