tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post4928468800115957505..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: Who Will Pay for Streetcar Accidents?Arlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-77179612013825780702012-11-24T13:23:03.805-05:002012-11-24T13:23:03.805-05:00So what are the local (meaning Northern Virginia) ...So what are the local (meaning Northern Virginia) bicycle advocacy groups doing about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-56415460563634672012012-11-23T13:55:03.094-05:002012-11-23T13:55:03.094-05:00And Canada has a national health insurance system ...And Canada has a national health insurance system that covers everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-61992051844658683782012-11-23T12:11:04.423-05:002012-11-23T12:11:04.423-05:00Bicycle advocacy groups in Toronto also run ads fo...Bicycle advocacy groups in Toronto also run ads for personal injury law firms on their Web sites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-45369531782731258482012-11-23T12:05:26.293-05:002012-11-23T12:05:26.293-05:00Rubber-stamped by County Board members who are goi...Rubber-stamped by County Board members who are going to be around how much longer? Five years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-30084209454106772402012-11-23T12:02:06.241-05:002012-11-23T12:02:06.241-05:00Something like 90% of the really important decisio...Something like 90% of the really important decisions made by Arlington Government are made by people who are not Arlington residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-8026815235070844082012-11-23T11:56:51.610-05:002012-11-23T11:56:51.610-05:00FYI, Vornado's law firm is headquartered in Ba...FYI, Vornado's law firm is headquartered in Baltimore and its local offices are in Tysons.<br /><br />More de facto government of, by, and for non-residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-60132112786867034472012-11-23T11:51:25.033-05:002012-11-23T11:51:25.033-05:00County Board will not have the $$$ to meet its com...County Board will not have the $$$ to meet its commitments to special interests without give-away franchise deals with corporate cronies.<br /><br />Assuming your health insurance won't pay for injuries involving streetcars and tracks you will have to hire a personal injury law firm and hope your attorney will prevail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-22471043190313084002012-11-23T09:31:52.812-05:002012-11-23T09:31:52.812-05:00Local economy is totally based on warfighting in t...Local economy is totally based on warfighting in third world countries which provides the disposable income to fund all the hedo activities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-35607370411696438432012-11-23T09:24:04.470-05:002012-11-23T09:24:04.470-05:00They have to do a HOT lanes thing with the streetc...They have to do a HOT lanes thing with the streetcar system because after Peter Rousselot's report there is no say they will get anything from the Federal Transit Administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-5079092912536162862012-11-23T09:21:47.171-05:002012-11-23T09:21:47.171-05:00Safety Last? Mary Hynes is as bad as Zimmerman at ...Safety Last? Mary Hynes is as bad as Zimmerman at WMATA, Blocked tunnel exits? Form a committee, hire consultants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-45435718266339608742012-11-23T09:16:19.218-05:002012-11-23T09:16:19.218-05:00County will sell the streetcar system to a LLC whi...County will sell the streetcar system to a LLC which you will have to sue if you are hurt by a streetcar or the tracks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-39791308249863970642012-11-23T08:39:05.221-05:002012-11-23T08:39:05.221-05:00Think New York City headquartered Vornado cares? S...Think New York City headquartered Vornado cares? Seen any streetcar tracks in New York City?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-57969134181305583332012-11-23T08:32:03.726-05:002012-11-23T08:32:03.726-05:00Jay Fi$ette drives everywhere in his Prius, except...Jay Fi$ette drives everywhere in his Prius, except when he wants to be seen riding a bicycle, or when AVN is making a taxpaid-funded political commercial featuring Jay Fi$ette.2100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-72653865473729113402012-11-23T08:28:27.720-05:002012-11-23T08:28:27.720-05:00How many non-residents at 2100 are employed inflic...How many non-residents at 2100 are employed inflicting the County's "Arlington Residents Stop Driving So Non-Residents Can Drive in Arlington SOV" transportation program?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-62672688487373539612012-11-22T18:47:17.144-05:002012-11-22T18:47:17.144-05:00Antonelli is correct. We are doomed.
Ultimately t...Antonelli is correct. We are doomed.<br /><br />Ultimately the entire Reagan-Hollywood-Hedo-Yuppie post-industrial social-economic infrastructure based on borrow-spend-borrow to fight Third World wars is going to collapse and it will make what's occurring in southern Europe right now look like a mild recession.Mod Repubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-82408852604142781352012-11-22T18:27:53.611-05:002012-11-22T18:27:53.611-05:00It gets worse.
Politicians like Audrey Clement w...It gets worse. <br /><br />Politicians like Audrey Clement who are on a 'car free diet' and want to put everyone else on a 'car free diet' are always begging for rides everywhere to do everything.<br /><br />County Staff who are tasked with putting Arlington residents on a 'car free diet' live in Spotsylvania County and drive everywhere to do everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-4091086872020312982012-11-22T17:54:57.729-05:002012-11-22T17:54:57.729-05:00Let's not make the auto dealers unhappy by pro...Let's not make the auto dealers unhappy by providing Seniors with low cost grocery delivery. Seniors might not buy or lease new cars.Tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-22325760304095088972012-11-22T17:45:11.693-05:002012-11-22T17:45:11.693-05:00Rather than spending 90% of it's time working ...Rather than spending 90% of it's time working on 21st Century transportation for the 90% of Arlington residents who need 21st Century alternatives, County Government spends 90% of it's time resurrecting 19th Century transportation - bicycles and streetcars - for the Yuptards and Biketards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-38844712439940055772012-11-22T17:22:58.781-05:002012-11-22T17:22:58.781-05:00Who will pay for streetcar accidents? Certainly no...Who will pay for streetcar accidents? Certainly not the non-residents who make so-called "planning" decisions for Arlington residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-84571436123048498692012-11-22T12:21:07.859-05:002012-11-22T12:21:07.859-05:00Go to bikeportland.org and notice the conspicuous ...Go to bikeportland.org and notice the conspicuous ad by a personal injury law firm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-60255370166870425482012-11-22T12:00:33.600-05:002012-11-22T12:00:33.600-05:00Number of accidents if there were no shared street...Number of accidents if there were no shared street streetcar and BRT instead? No brainer. No tracks = no track-related accidents. Duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-18054548638153514382012-11-22T11:57:34.042-05:002012-11-22T11:57:34.042-05:00Why pays for accidents on the HOT Lanes - I-495? S...Why pays for accidents on the HOT Lanes - I-495? Something to know before Arlington County sells the Pike streetcar for $1 to Vornado.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-77600594172693992902012-11-22T11:27:53.298-05:002012-11-22T11:27:53.298-05:00Isn't traffic inherently dangerous? Cars kill ...Isn't traffic inherently dangerous? Cars kill hundreds of people each day. Not sure how a streetcar would be worse.Chris Bnoreply@blogger.com