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A few more ways to save on gas

Paul Doscher's suggestions for how to react to high gas prices - lower your speed, buy a hybrid car - are a great start ("Gas prices spike, drivers yell, politicians fret - as usual," Monitor Opinion page, April 30). We'd like to add a few more. Doscher suggests that lowering speeds from 70 mph to 60 can yield savings equivalent to almost 40 cents per gallon. We can do better than… 1

May 13, 2011

Sweet Spot

MY SWEET SPOT is that 10-foot wide, 12-mile long paved trail on the banks of the Merrimack River, stretching from Bow to Boscawen. Finally, after so many years, Concord residents have realized our vision of access to Concord's No. 1 natural asset: the Merrimack River. Weekday mornings, I see commuters biking to their offices and stores on Main Street. On weekends, I see people… 4

April 30, 2010

My Turn

Trains in N.H.? No way

Passenger rail supporters paint the return of rail to New Hampshire as a panacea. Indeed, their only concern seems to be that other states will beat them to the pig trough of federal funding. But reasons abound as to why rail makes little to no sense in New Hampshire. First, New Hampshire lacks the critical mass of riders or the population density to support rail. 4

August 30, 2009

My turn

Pay-to-throw trash will cost taxpayers more

The Monitor's Jan. 7 editorial supported pay-as-you-throw by highlighting the impacts on the city budget without a discussion of impacts on household budgets. In the interest of full disclosure, residents should know that the pay-as-you-throw plan being advanced by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee would cost the typical resident more than the alternative (i.e., raising taxes). 12

January 13, 2009

Our Turn

Fixing traffic woes shouldn't take 10 years

Concord residents have repeatedly made clear that they want to preserve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. Chief among their concerns is cut-through traffic, which negatively impacts both safety and quality of life. The Monitor could have encouraged the city, the state, Concord Hospital, the Concord School Board and others along the Pleasant Street corridor to come up with… 2

September 11, 2008

Letter

Thanks, voters

To the voters of Ward 4: I appreciate very much the confidence you expressed by re-electing me to the Concord City Council on Tuesday. Thank you to those who encouraged me with their letters of endorsement (including the Concord Monitor), phone calls and e-mail messages. Thank you to those who held my signs in the cold rain and allowed me to place signs on their lawns. Thanks, too,… 0

November 12, 2007

Letter

DOT should consult its own bicycle board

In his July 4 letter, David Berliner describes the new rumble strips on Route 202/9 between Hopkinton and Hillsboro as "one more obstacle to be avoided" and asks, "Who's looking out for cyclists?" Many of us would like to think that our Department of Transportation would be looking out for the interests of all road users, not just those of distracted, sleepy and intoxicated drivers. 0

July 11, 2007

My Turn

Trains will never compete with planes

The Monitor's June 5 editorial compares federal subsidies for airports to those for rail. It concludes that the nation's declining rail system should be as heavily subsidized. I am not an expert on federal airport grants, but my impression is that they come entirely or primarily out of airport user fees, which would make them anything but subsidies. 0

June 12, 2006