tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279017957073354574.post5208108698220993136..comments2023-08-06T07:30:54.911-04:00Comments on Anything but the car: Our intractable transit problem, and a solutionbus15237http://www.blogger.com/profile/17860940267143493425noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279017957073354574.post-74196559869697211672011-05-04T06:16:17.041-04:002011-05-04T06:16:17.041-04:00Don't get discouraged. We grow every day. The ...Don't get discouraged. We grow every day. The economics are on our side. The fossil-fuel industry is powerful, but their system is unsustainable.fpteditorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620275872850435922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279017957073354574.post-10217595209723164242011-04-22T22:11:51.887-04:002011-04-22T22:11:51.887-04:00A sensible post overall, one that could have been ...A sensible post overall, one that could have been written in many, many cities.<br /><br />But with all respect, I disagree that giving labor what it wants is a solution.<br /><br />Labor is like any other organization: It needs conflict and hostility to justify its existence. If you give labor what it wants, it will feel entitled to that, and seek more. You might want to research the last year's history of labor-management relations at San Francisco Muni for a sense of how far out of control this sometimes gets. <br /><br />A healthy labor-management tension is essential to any functional and efficient organization. Collapsing this tension in either direction leads firmly away from any long term solution, in my experience.<br /><br />Jarrett, humantransit.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com