As a Steeler fan I will eternally hate the Dallas Cowboys - so this story warmed my evil little heart:
The new Cowboys Stadium has a seating capacity of 80,000, but that doesn’t include the potential 35,000 extra fans Jerry Jones would like to cram into his new glory hole via Party Passes. That’s 115,000 potential […]

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Stopped off at Wal-Mart in East Lampeter on the way in this morning in order to pick up a Christmas item. Which of course was sold out.
On the way back into town via 462, I found myself speeding. Which is a very easy thing to do on this stretch of 462; the speed limit’s […]

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Being considered in Montgomery County, Md., near D.C. An idea that might work - on roads like Harrisburg Pike, maybe:
Congestion pricing is a system under which governments charge motorists to use a roadway during peak hours. The purpose is to reduce traffic by encouraging people to abandon their cars in favor of walking, biking or […]

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Noticed, on Good Drive, a new stoplight - this one at the intersection of Noll Road, which goes right by where the huge new Stauffers of Kissel Hill on Rohrerstown Road is being built/expanded. The new market/outdoor center is massive and is expected to generate significant traffic; hence the new light, designed to help control […]

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Kunstler, depressing as ever:
Now get this: we are sleepwalking into a transportation crisis. As I already said, the airline industry is dying. The price of petroleum-based aviation fuel is killing it. And forget the fantasies about running it on bio-diesel or used french-fry oil. Driving cars will not be an adequate substitute, either. It’s imperative […]

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