'experts say' hurricane sandy shows need for more public transit spending. (solutions, money)

[wutitiz]

Sandy exposes need to invest in transit, some advocates say | Nation / World News - The News Tribune

Originally Posted by Tacoma News Tribune

The storm’s difficulties highlight the need for a rebalance in transportation investments, experts say.
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Read more here: Sandy exposes need to invest in transit, some advocates say | Nation / World News - The News Tribune

First of all, "experts say" is at the top of my list of words or phrases I hate. If we're talking about a technical topic, say airplane wing design, then 'experts say' is fine. But when it comes to polticallly-related topics, you can substitute "interest groups say" for "experts say" and be right just about 100% of the time. The NYT is the worst offender at this over the years. Google New York Times+experts say, and you'll get over 100 million hits.

But to the main topic, I hardly see how a bad storm makes a case for transit spending. IDK, maybe a storm argues for more private vehicles, especially jeeps and hummers with big tires to get through the muck. Where I live, in any mild snowstorm the articulated buses are the first to go down, and our Sounder Commuter Rail is cancelled at least 3-4 times every rainy season due to mudslides.

Sandy exposes the need to "invest," i.e tax and spend, in transit? Not!

[Jetrun]

If there had been a larger public transportation budget, the subways would not have failed the way they did, and would have been able to operate right after the storm to help people get in and out of lower Manhattan.

[wutitiz]

Or maybe the larger budget would have just gone into the pockets of politicos, and towards waste, fraud, and abuse.

[HurricaneDC]

It certainly would have helped the people of New Orleans.

[bigchuckie]

I think levys are a better idea A pile of dirt isnt gonna waste our money

[Frank DeForrest]

Government funded experts, always seem to come up with government funded solutions