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• Commented on The Future of Ohio Street
  longgone - in the strictest definition, a railroad terminal is a facility in which train can pull into the station, but cannot leave without a reverse movement - though some do have a bypass track (like the DLW terminal in...
• Commented on Commuter Rail in Buffalo-Niagara
  Well written, and I completely concur with many of the author's conclusions. I would offer a few notes: - Im not sure that conventional commuter rail (locomotive and coaches) is the most appropriate choice for the application. This route had...
• Commented on Buffalo's Pervious Pavement Project
  Cobbled streets would have worked better, possibly cost less, and not need a vacuuming. As far as the caption: "Maybe if I just watered the City more. . . "...
• Commented on Explore-n-More to Begin the Planning Phase for a "Children's Experience"
  Build in 14 months. Developed, designed, financed over many years....
• Commented on Understanding the Stakes in Teacher Evaluation Debate
  You know what, maybe its time to start anew. Divide the Buffalo Schools into multiple districts that can be better tooled to their local populations. The district is too large, perhaps too diverse, and clearly too unwieldy. Changes are difficult...
• Commented on The Sorry State of American Transport
  Just a point of order - there are trains that run at above that speed in France, Germany, China and Japan....
• Commented on The Sorry State of American Transport
  A few points: Penn station is probably being replaced by the on again, off agin Moynihan station. (see: http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/transit/127308/officials-break-ground-on-long-anticipated-moynihan-station-project/) Its true amtrak usually doesnt always cross ticket, in fairness, neither do most other modes of transport. You cant call Delta...
• Commented on Take Back The Neighborhoods
  Why not just take property from the banks? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession...
• Commented on Providence and the Virtues of Scale
  "I don't agree with some of the gross stereotypes" Thats what they do in Russia!...
• Commented on Time Warner and MSG Affecting Everyone
  Arch - Although FIOS TV is not available in Buffalo, Verizon fiber optic internet and phone are available in may parts of north Buffalo (and Buffalo in general). Streaming games and TV is possible via multiple websites....
• Commented on Tomorrow is Electronics Recycling Day
  ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH! ! ! youre all doing it again. (head banging on wall)....
• Commented on Tomorrow is Electronics Recycling Day
  Recycling hazardous materials is great. . . usually. Where do these electronics go? Will they end up in some hellscape in India or China where the components are mined for precious metals. Or will it be done with some oversight...
• Commented on City mass-tickets cars on an observed holiday
  Articles and comment threads like this are one of the reasons I rarely comment any longer. Blah, blah, blah, poorly thought out self righteous article, blah, blah blah, over reaching unfounded comment, blah, blah blah, the suburbs are the root...
• Commented on Broadway Market's Annual Kriskindlemart
  just for a little history lesson, please enjoy a pretty decent wikipedia (gasp!) article on how the "x" came to Xmas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas...
• Commented on Niagara Falls: #5 - World's Most Visited Tourist Attractions
  NFB - The use of streetcars and Light Rail Vehicles, LRVs, currently used by Metro Rail, have particular sets of advantages and disadvantages. These characteristics may not necessarily be best suited for expanding rail service to NF. A better alternative...
• Commented on Slaughter Announces Solution to the Albany Rail Bottleneck
  a couple of quick points: - First, this is a cheap infrastructure investment. Basically its equivalent to the cost of a highway exit or one or two of parking garages. - Secondly, in a general way, these investments had to...
• Commented on Goodbye HSBC Arena, Hello First Niagara Center
  I always thought HSBC stood for Hot Sauce, Bleu Cheese....
• Commented on A documentary, some bickering, and my experience with refugees on the West Side: Part Three
  "CEP believes that they were censored by resettlement agencies, some of which are partners with Heart of the City." I find this a bit of a troubling suggestion - particularly with no documentary evidence to back it up. Is it...
• Commented on Saturday Stumper #4
  the former NYS building of the Pan American Expo: BECHS....
• Commented on Name that tagger for $500
  "every time you skip school?" Really? What are u, like 14?...
• Commented on Name that tagger for $500
  your pretentious regurgitated nihilist rebellion is as fabricated as any other social construct. you are just coffee house revolutionaries who preach your tired an dull vision to other conforming nonconformist and yet never act. oh wait, you express youre rejection...
• Commented on Alec Baldwin in New Era Commercial
  Ill let any Baldwin hit me in the face for $20K....
• Commented on Cars on Main Street: Who pays the bill?
  LR costs anywhere from 10m to 40 or 50+ a mile. So Yup, it would go pretty far....
• Commented on HSBC Staying Put for Now
  Its impossible to project any multinational business's plan years out; Goals change, leadership changes, earnings change, the tax code changes, competitors change et al. The only constant with business is the bottom line.* Everything else is an ever changing set...
• Commented on About that census and also, "Is Soul-Crushing Sprawl Killing Business?"
  reading threads like these make me want to cut my internet connection. why does the internet make everybody so damn pissed off about other peoples opinions? i mean seriously, do you all argue like this in every human interaction?...
• Commented on $60 Million for High-Speed Rail Projects Announced
  Currently, Vancouver-Seattle-Portland international Cascades service is expanding and very successful....
• Commented on $60 Million for High-Speed Rail Projects Announced
  To all the doubters, Id like to point out that Amtrak has had 18 months of ridership growth, including this April. In fact, system wide Amtrak saw a ridership growth of nearly 10% and west of Albany service as up...
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: Riverside Men's Shop
  *victorious North. but some days i wonder....
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: Riverside Men's Shop
  We may be shrinking, but Riverside was one of the few population tracks in WNY that actually gained in population....
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: Riverside Men's Shop
  Buffalo, for real?...