Barack Obama's official 2008 presidential campaign Web site lists the revitalization of transportation infrastructure, improved public transportation and transportation planning, and safeguarding transportation from terrorism as primary transportation goals. ...more

January 4, 2009

In San Francisco, I rode the bus back and forth to work every day. In Sacramento, I rode the bus home from work every day. Then I moved out of the city and I haven't ridden a bus since. ...more

June 27, 2008

I just did the arithmetic based on your front page story about THE Bus. Rounding the average ridership down to 600, given that the county annual payment is $600,000, the county pays an average of less than $1,000 per rider per year. Since THE Bus only runs for five days a week, that's $3.85 per rider per day and 32 cents per rider per operating hour. ...more

June 25, 2008

It pains me to see the most powerful man in the world, the U.S. president, humbly down on bended knee, with hat in hand, begging the towel-headed king of super-rich Saudi Arabia for more oil. ...more

May 31, 2008