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Say it nicely, it you must, Paul is a great friend of AU and has given us some really useful tools. Plus he was born and brought up in a much different world and some habits are very hard to break especially when they are that old. That word is defined in today's dictionaries (Random House and...

Because when the Orange Line opened there a considerable number of accidents at intersections. Most of the sheep using these intersections just weren't aware that buses were now crossing them. The MTA then required the buses to slow their crossing speeds to 10 MPH, which they e\eventually...

Yaaaaah! At last.

I saw several (it is about 20 minutes of constant roaring) and participated in a MITO once. Even at that young age, I was smart enough not to do that again! There are still several wings of B-52s and they are still at the tip of a very big spear.

Or Passengers transfer to CAHSR at Palmdale

One minor nit --- the official name for the station is Los Angeles Union Station --- LAUS. The owners changed the name to match what every one called it a several years ago.

Well. there may be some movement with the Xpresswest/Desertxpress. It seems that A. Mack the CEO (?) of the XP/DE will be briefing the CA HSR Authority Board at their next meeting.

This article is number 11 in the Fallows series.

This article is number 10 in the Fallows series and is a point-by-point rebuttal of the criticisms in the prior article.

Except for Alaska and South Dakota maybe.

In the mid-San Fernando Valley middle and upper class suburbs, I regularly see homeless. I have some training in evaluating people and I would estimate that more that 50% of the homeless I see have some mental problems. It is not just economic. In addition the "mainstreaming" of mental...

Here is an excerpt of an artilce in the May/June 2014 Public Administration Review based on a study of corruption by state. You guys peaked my interest so I did some digging. The results are interesting and seem to follow the general perception with some exceptions. You will note that...

In a story in the news on the maker of those devices he said that he has had a 500% increase in orders and is close to selling out. He is placing an new order from his Chinese manufacturer.

Just speculation or do you have some evidence?

This article is number 9 in the Fallows series and is a point-by-point rebuttal of the criticisms in the prior atrticle.

Well, technically, it is a battery. 'Battery was defined at common law as "any unlawful touching of the person of another by the aggressor himself, or by a substance put in motion by him."' This is the most used common definition. On the other hand, it is officers discretion in many places.

Never been in the military have you? You get used to it pretty quick.

From this article in the Fresno Bee" "The State Public Works Board on Wednesday approved the selection of nearly 160 parcels in Fresno and Kings counties for eventual acquisition for California's controversial high-speed train project. Meeting in Sacramento at the state Capitol, the panel...

From the project maps and the stated time, it would reduce an about 16 minute segment to about 11 minutes. I would still call this reducing the transit time a little. It would seem to me to be a lot of money for very little gain.

Unlike the NY tunnels, other than decreasing the transit time a little and requiring less disruption to some structures during construction along the surface route, there are no apparent advantages to the tunnel. There is one singular disadvantage --- cost. Both to build and I believe to...