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RamblingRose (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:02 AM Original message |
Coming soon to a city near you: HOT Lanes - GOP solution to traffic (Atlanta) |
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RamblingRose (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can someone please explain to me why the lanes can't be scrapped? n/t |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because the Fed money that was used to build them... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. AND the pukes who took the cash to build them want cash to offset all the corp tax giveaways |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. and anyone with two brain cells to rub together could tell you that doesn't work |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The lanes in question in Atlanta have been there since before the Olympics in some cases.. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. the express lanes in chicago are just as free as the local lanes |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. 15.5 miles was $5.50 X 2 because you want to get back home? |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. They were thinking that |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. Republican Teabagger Sheep Voters Angry They Got The Government They Voted For. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yep, Buford is prime Teabagger demographic.. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oh, just fuck those stupid, stupid lanes. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In addition, it hurts people passing through... |
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RamblingRose (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. EXACTLY! n/t |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. Golly, if only there were some sort of system that could move large |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Atlanta has a mass transit system, MARTA.. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Right and MARTA is limited to specific sections of metro Atlanta. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I lived in Atlanta in the late 70's |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. But isn't this the GOP dream? Pay-as-you-go for services you use instead of nasty taxes? |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. This topic always annoys me. "Carpool lanes", HOV lanes, etc. |
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Southerner (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. The State Government in Georgia isn't doing so bad financially |
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