Comments on: Busted http://norunnyeggs.com/2008/02/busted/ The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Russ Burkel http://norunnyeggs.com/2008/02/busted/comment-page-1/#comment-34490 Russ Burkel Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:51:42 +0000 http://norunnyeggs.com/2008/02/busted/#comment-34490 Hey Brian Collar you hit the nail on the head. Public transportation is inefficient and outdated. Every day I watch the # 55 bus travel down South Lake Shore Drive empty. Here's just one example of what Milwaukee County should be doing. A few weeks ago Ford announced the purchse of the "THINK". It's a 10 foot long electric car made in Norway. It will be equipped with Glendale Wisconsin's Johnson Control's lithium-ion batteries. It will have a range of 50 plus real world miles on charge, even at zero degrees. Top speed 55 mph. Also in a few years GM will have a similar electric called the "Volt". Milwaukee County could use the funds wasted on running empty buses and to help stimulate the purchase or lease of the new "electric city cars". The benefits are many. 1. Convenient independent transportation for the thousands of people that now have to freeze waiting for a bus in the winter time. 2. Assist a local company in selling lithium batteries. 3. Help the enviornment by eliminating the "enpty buses" 4. Help our domestic automobile industry. County Executive Scott Walker said well. The citizens of Milwaukee County want to improve their lot in life, not ride a bus forever. When they do, they buy a car so they to can enjoy the convenience of having their own transportation. This is the kind of thinking we need in this town. Hey Brian Collar you hit the nail on the head. Public transportation is inefficient and outdated. Every day I watch the # 55 bus travel down South Lake Shore Drive empty. Here’s just one example of what Milwaukee County should be doing. A few weeks ago Ford announced the purchse of the “THINK”. It’s a 10 foot long electric car made in Norway.
It will be equipped with Glendale Wisconsin’s Johnson Control’s lithium-ion batteries. It will have a range of 50 plus real world miles on charge, even at zero degrees. Top speed 55 mph. Also in a few years GM will have a similar electric called the “Volt”.
Milwaukee County could use the funds wasted on running empty buses and to help stimulate the purchase or lease of the new “electric city cars”.
The benefits are many.
1. Convenient independent transportation for the thousands of people that now have to freeze waiting for a bus in the winter time.
2. Assist a local company in selling lithium batteries.
3. Help the enviornment by eliminating the “enpty buses”
4. Help our domestic automobile industry.

County Executive Scott Walker said well.

The citizens of Milwaukee County want to improve their lot in life, not ride a bus forever. When they do, they buy a car so they to can enjoy the convenience of having their own transportation.

This is the kind of thinking we need in this town.

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