Comments on: Highway bond-doggle unlikely, now let’s stop toll roads http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2008/06/09/highway-bond-doggle-unlikely-now-lets-stop-toll-roads/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bertha M.Holt http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2008/06/09/highway-bond-doggle-unlikely-now-lets-stop-toll-roads/#comment-12123 Bertha M.Holt Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:59:20 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=1179#comment-12123 How about alamance County citizens paying for a Wake County toll road and then having to pay again to ride on it? Wow? first let's get transportation in some sort of perspective for instance instead of toll roads ,how about a decent PUBLIC transportation system which is badly needed. B.lHolt How about alamance County citizens paying for a Wake County toll road and then having to pay again to ride on it? Wow? first let’s get transportation in some sort of perspective for instance instead of toll roads ,how about a decent PUBLIC transportation system which is badly needed. B.lHolt

]]> By: Rob Schofield http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2008/06/09/highway-bond-doggle-unlikely-now-lets-stop-toll-roads/#comment-11986 Rob Schofield Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:36:27 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=1179#comment-11986 Not to mention that we have GOT to start rethinking from 20 year-old plans to build endless sprawlways and get serious about things like smart growth and deemphasizing long distance commuting. In case people had any doubts about the need to chart a new course, here are two items form this morning's news: 1) Oil will soon top $150/bbl. 2) Even Bush seems to sort of get it: "We remind our friends and allies overseas that we're all too dependent on hydrocarbons, and we must work to advance technologies that help us become less dependent on hydrocarbons," Bush said on Monday as he headed out to Europe. Not to mention that we have GOT to start rethinking from 20 year-old plans to build endless sprawlways and get serious about things like smart growth and deemphasizing long distance commuting.

In case people had any doubts about the need to chart a new course, here are two items form this morning’s news:

1) Oil will soon top $150/bbl.

2) Even Bush seems to sort of get it: “We remind our friends and allies overseas that we’re all too dependent on hydrocarbons, and we must work to advance technologies that help us become less dependent on hydrocarbons,” Bush said on Monday as he headed out to Europe.

]]>