tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post3396317116028270346..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Tim Moore: 'We Don Need No Freaking Mass Transit'J.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-63571562651256895042023-01-29T22:02:46.797-05:002023-01-29T22:02:46.797-05:00We need mass transit, not only in urban centers, b...We need mass transit, not only in urban centers, but to and from outlying areas (suburbs), and especially between urban centers. Electrics and hybrids are costly to the environment in their manufacture and disposal. Trains are cheaper. And even more, trains are cheaper on households, as well as on tax bases, and on the environment The USA has become far too dependent on air travel (which has a giant carbon footprint) as well as on private vehicles.<br />Tweetsie didn't always run in a circle. You used to could go way over to Johnson City in Tennessee. My grandpa from Globe, a golf caddy, caught rides on it like a street car as it chugged up a grade.Red Hornethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980057224160940036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-26208043494308668092023-01-29T16:28:55.837-05:002023-01-29T16:28:55.837-05:00who needs mass transit when we're all going to...who needs mass transit when we're all going to be driving electric vehicles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com