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SLATEX TOPAZ, Bluffs Run, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 2 post #1. Result: 7-4-3- .
GABLE WARBUCKS, Bluffs Run, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 6 post #2. Result: 5-3-8- .
MC FULL MOON, Bluffs Run, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 10 post #7. Result: 8-3-2- .
SNEAKY PEEKY, Ebro, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 6 post #7. Result: 3-5-1-.
KIOWA VANESSA, Orange Park, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 7 post #8. Result: 5-8-1- .
WW'S GUCCI, Orange Park, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 15 post #6. Result: 4-3-1- .
KCK CANDIBAR, Palm Beach, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 4 post #5. Result: 7-1-3- .
JUST TERRIFIC, Palm Beach, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 6 post #2. Result: 7-1-2- .
BACS XTREME, Palm Beach, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 8 post #8. Result: 8-5-4- .
AMF SULTANA, Palm Beach, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 12 post #4. Result: 7-1-5- .
RK'S CONK GONK, Palm Beach, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 10 post #3. Result: 5-2-8- .
MISTIE BASS, Southland, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 18 post #5. Result: 5-3-2- .
MISSOURI MOMMA, Tucson, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 2 post #4. Result: 3-6-2- .
RAMS KIZZY KATE, Tucson, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 12 post #1. Result: 7-3-4- .
FLYING LAHINCH, Wheeling, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 5 post #3. Result: 1-4-8- .
WW'S RISKY RIDER, Wheeling, 06/15/2012, Afternoon, race 11 post #4. Result: 1-3-8- .
KB'S RUCKUS, Wheeling, 06/15/2012, Evening, race 12 post #7. Result: 2-4-1- .
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17 Haziran 2012 Pazar
Dogs to Watch for June 17
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JET FORCE, Bluffs Run, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 5, post #4.
SLATEX EMERALD, Bluffs Run, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 10, post #3.
WP'S CLINTON, Orange Park, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 11, post #1.
KB'S HASLET, Palm Beach, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 6, post #5.
UHAUL MUFFIN, Palm Beach, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 12, post #3.
BELLA KAYAKER, Wheeling, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 11, post #1.
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JET FORCE, Bluffs Run, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 5, post #4.
SLATEX EMERALD, Bluffs Run, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 10, post #3.
WP'S CLINTON, Orange Park, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 11, post #1.
KB'S HASLET, Palm Beach, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 6, post #5.
UHAUL MUFFIN, Palm Beach, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 12, post #3.
BELLA KAYAKER, Wheeling, 06/17/2012, Afternoon, race 11, post #1.
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Results: Dogs to Watch for June 16
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CTW CHICK MAGNET, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 2 post #5. Result: 1-3-2- .
LAVA MATSUI, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 8 post #3. Result: 4-3-8- .
COACH PRINCESS, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 10 post #1. Result: 5-1-2- .
DODGE CALIBER, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #8. Result: 1-8-2- .
JUMP N JIVE, Bluffs Run, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 11 post #8. Result: 3-7-4- .
DLT EXTRACTOR, Gulf Greyhound, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 13 post #2. Result: 7-8-1- .
CUSTOM TRENT, Palm Beach, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 12 post #5. Result: 5-2-3- .
MONKEYS UNCLE, Palm Beach, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #4. Result: 7-4-8- .
GABLE GO SHAUNEE, Derby Lane, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 10 post #4. Result: 2-4-1- .
JW TITLEIST, Derby Lane, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #5. Result: 7-4-5- .
UMR HYDRO, Tri-State, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #6. Result: 8-3-7- .
OUT D BOX, Tucson, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 12 post #6. Result: 8-7-2- .
GAME PLANE, Tucson, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 13 post #7. Result: 3-4-1- .
FLYING KILLERBEE, Wheeling, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 3 post #7. Result: 8-6-5- .
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CTW CHICK MAGNET, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 2 post #5. Result: 1-3-2- .
LAVA MATSUI, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 8 post #3. Result: 4-3-8- .
COACH PRINCESS, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 10 post #1. Result: 5-1-2- .
DODGE CALIBER, Birmingham, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #8. Result: 1-8-2- .
JUMP N JIVE, Bluffs Run, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 11 post #8. Result: 3-7-4- .
DLT EXTRACTOR, Gulf Greyhound, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 13 post #2. Result: 7-8-1- .
CUSTOM TRENT, Palm Beach, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 12 post #5. Result: 5-2-3- .
MONKEYS UNCLE, Palm Beach, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #4. Result: 7-4-8- .
GABLE GO SHAUNEE, Derby Lane, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 10 post #4. Result: 2-4-1- .
JW TITLEIST, Derby Lane, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #5. Result: 7-4-5- .
UMR HYDRO, Tri-State, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 10 post #6. Result: 8-3-7- .
OUT D BOX, Tucson, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 12 post #6. Result: 8-7-2- .
GAME PLANE, Tucson, 06/16/2012, Evening, race 13 post #7. Result: 3-4-1- .
FLYING KILLERBEE, Wheeling, 06/16/2012, Afternoon, race 3 post #7. Result: 8-6-5- .
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TIPS for June 18
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Birmingham Mon A, Race 11 #5: SPRY VENTERS
Palm Beach Mon A, Race 02 #6: Hookem Leon
Southland Mon T, Race 03 #4: Tb's Full O Pep
Derby Lane Mon E, Race 01 #8: Getso's Elmer D
Derby Lane Mon E, Race 03 #4: Designer Travis
TriState Mon E, Race 02 #5: Carolina Shadow
TriState Mon E, Race 05 #7: Mac's Dancequeen
TriState Mon E, Race 08 #1: Jim Link
Tucson Mon E, Race 07 #5: Rams Mac Kenzie
Tucson Mon E, Race 08 #8: Penrose Dot
Birmingham Mon A, Race 11 #5: SPRY VENTERS
Palm Beach Mon A, Race 02 #6: Hookem Leon
Southland Mon T, Race 03 #4: Tb's Full O Pep
Derby Lane Mon E, Race 01 #8: Getso's Elmer D
Derby Lane Mon E, Race 03 #4: Designer Travis
TriState Mon E, Race 02 #5: Carolina Shadow
TriState Mon E, Race 05 #7: Mac's Dancequeen
TriState Mon E, Race 08 #1: Jim Link
Tucson Mon E, Race 07 #5: Rams Mac Kenzie
Tucson Mon E, Race 08 #8: Penrose Dot
15 Haziran 2012 Cuma
Lack of action on federal transportation bill actually benefits bike-ped projects
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Not everywhere, of course, but Sheboygan County and Minneapolis, as well as Marin County, CA, and Columbia, MO, have gotten far more money than they could have every imagined. And the money just keeps coming.
Why?
Because those four communities: one rural county (Sheboygan), one suburban county (Marin), one small city (Columbia), and one large city (Minneapolis) each got $25 million in the last five-year transportation bill under the Non-Motorized Pilot Program. That's $5 million per year for the life of the SAFETEA-LU bill. The goal was to see if a massive influx of funding could change the mode share and significantly improve walking and biking.
But every time Congress fails to pass a new transportation bill, they pass a "continuing resolution", that keeps money flowing to the same programs, in the same amounts, for another chunk of time. We are now 835 days past due for a new transportation bill. Yes, over two years. That means that each of the communities listed above have had another $10 million handed to them to keep trying to change their local transportation system towards being more pedestrian and bicycle friendly!
To see how they have done, you can click around on the NMPP site, but much of the information is not up to date, and many of the changes in behavior and mode split may not be apparent for a few more years. After all, some of the trails, bridges, and other infrastructure aren't even finished yet. And educational and encouragement programs are just starting to have an effect.
For us here in Wisconsin, Sheboygan County was definitely starting the farthest back, as far as being pedestrian and bicycle-friendly. They had to start almost from zero on their planning efforts and educational programs. The other had already done some of the work, and just needed the money to make their bike-ped dreams a reality.
We often read about how great Minneapolis is for bicycling. It was rated # 1 by Bicycling Magazine, and is #2 among the top 50 largest cities in the percent of work trips by bike. [Note that Madison beats Minneapolis, and ties with Portland, OR, but is not among the top 50 largest cities.] They have worked really hard, and I don't want to take anything away from the advocates, planners, engineers, elected officials, and everyone else that is working on making Minneapolis bike-friendly. But having $35 million (and still coming) drop on you helps a lot as well!
Why?
Because those four communities: one rural county (Sheboygan), one suburban county (Marin), one small city (Columbia), and one large city (Minneapolis) each got $25 million in the last five-year transportation bill under the Non-Motorized Pilot Program. That's $5 million per year for the life of the SAFETEA-LU bill. The goal was to see if a massive influx of funding could change the mode share and significantly improve walking and biking.
But every time Congress fails to pass a new transportation bill, they pass a "continuing resolution", that keeps money flowing to the same programs, in the same amounts, for another chunk of time. We are now 835 days past due for a new transportation bill. Yes, over two years. That means that each of the communities listed above have had another $10 million handed to them to keep trying to change their local transportation system towards being more pedestrian and bicycle friendly!
To see how they have done, you can click around on the NMPP site, but much of the information is not up to date, and many of the changes in behavior and mode split may not be apparent for a few more years. After all, some of the trails, bridges, and other infrastructure aren't even finished yet. And educational and encouragement programs are just starting to have an effect.
For us here in Wisconsin, Sheboygan County was definitely starting the farthest back, as far as being pedestrian and bicycle-friendly. They had to start almost from zero on their planning efforts and educational programs. The other had already done some of the work, and just needed the money to make their bike-ped dreams a reality.
We often read about how great Minneapolis is for bicycling. It was rated # 1 by Bicycling Magazine, and is #2 among the top 50 largest cities in the percent of work trips by bike. [Note that Madison beats Minneapolis, and ties with Portland, OR, but is not among the top 50 largest cities.] They have worked really hard, and I don't want to take anything away from the advocates, planners, engineers, elected officials, and everyone else that is working on making Minneapolis bike-friendly. But having $35 million (and still coming) drop on you helps a lot as well!
Yes, you can ride the bus, even if you live way outside the city.
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Just because there isn't bus service to your home doesn't mean you can't arrive at work by bus.
This morning brought another conversation about driving, parking, costs, buses, and the possibility that transit and driving could be combined to save some money. It doesn't really matter what the details of the situation were today, because the conversation followed a familiar path. I've has variations on the same conversation dozens of times. This particular one occurred as a woman was trying to renew her parking permit on the UW campus.
Woman complaining about parking costs: It's so expensive. Parking should be free. Nobody else charges employees to park!
Me: [After pointing out that the UW Transportation Services gets no state funding, and has to somehow raise revenue to provide the parking she wishes were free. And that actually, many places charge for parking. Some employers in Madison don't provide any options other than parking in the public ramps, so that costs way more than the spots at UW.] Why don't you take the bus? Then you wouldn't have to pay for parking at all?
Woman: I live in [outlying community about 20 miles away], so I can't take the bus.
Me: Well, you could drive into an area in Madison with good bus service, and then take the bus from there. Just park on the street. Lot's of people do it. No cost for the parking, and then the UW provides the bus pass for you as well.
Woman: It takes too long.
Me: Actually, it's only about fifteen minutes from Hilldale. There are a bunch of buses that go from there right to the campus.
Woman: Well, what if my kids get sick? I have to have my car.
Me: The UW provides an emergency ride home. If your kids get sick, you can take get a ride to where you parked the car, and then drive from there.
Woman: I wish they told us that.
Me: They do. They send out an email every semester to all employees outlining the options other than driving alone and parking.
Woman: Well, I didn't see it.
Me: OK, well, now you know. It's just one option to save some money.
It doesn't matter what community this woman lives in, or whether she works at the UW or somewhere else, except that the UW has done an excellent job of providing information to all employees on how to get to and from work without driving. This woman gets all sorts of emails on this subject, and probably has seen posters at her office, received mailings, and even heard people talk about the bus pass program, but she rejected it for two reasons:
1. She knows there's no bus in her community, so she assumes that a bus is not an option for arriving at work, never considering the possibility that she could take the bus part way and avoid that pesky parking fee.
2. She's never taken a bus in her life, and it scares her to think about taking a bus.
OK, I'm speculating on that second point. But Madison is just small enough that there are a lot of people that still view buses as for poor people, brown people [oh, the horrors!], students, and crazy environmentalists. Buses are urban things, and she lives in a rural community. She wouldn't have the first idea how to find the correct bus, and she has no intention of finding out how to use the system.
So she'll continue to complain about the cost of parking. But maybe, just maybe, one day she will try riding the bus, just to prove that it won't work for her, and she'll find out it's actually pretty easy. Then she'll think about all the money she could save by giving up her parking spot, or getting flex parking, and maybe another multimodal commuter will be born.
And by the way, the City of Madison can also help you find ways to avoid driving (and parking) every day. So you don't have to be a UW employee to get that emergency ride home. But if you happen to be a UW employee, and don't already know about the services they provide, check out the Commuter Solutions page. It's great information for anyone in Madison.
This morning brought another conversation about driving, parking, costs, buses, and the possibility that transit and driving could be combined to save some money. It doesn't really matter what the details of the situation were today, because the conversation followed a familiar path. I've has variations on the same conversation dozens of times. This particular one occurred as a woman was trying to renew her parking permit on the UW campus.
Woman complaining about parking costs: It's so expensive. Parking should be free. Nobody else charges employees to park!
Me: [After pointing out that the UW Transportation Services gets no state funding, and has to somehow raise revenue to provide the parking she wishes were free. And that actually, many places charge for parking. Some employers in Madison don't provide any options other than parking in the public ramps, so that costs way more than the spots at UW.] Why don't you take the bus? Then you wouldn't have to pay for parking at all?
Woman: I live in [outlying community about 20 miles away], so I can't take the bus.
Me: Well, you could drive into an area in Madison with good bus service, and then take the bus from there. Just park on the street. Lot's of people do it. No cost for the parking, and then the UW provides the bus pass for you as well.
Woman: It takes too long.
Me: Actually, it's only about fifteen minutes from Hilldale. There are a bunch of buses that go from there right to the campus.
Woman: Well, what if my kids get sick? I have to have my car.
Me: The UW provides an emergency ride home. If your kids get sick, you can take get a ride to where you parked the car, and then drive from there.
Woman: I wish they told us that.
Me: They do. They send out an email every semester to all employees outlining the options other than driving alone and parking.
Woman: Well, I didn't see it.
Me: OK, well, now you know. It's just one option to save some money.
It doesn't matter what community this woman lives in, or whether she works at the UW or somewhere else, except that the UW has done an excellent job of providing information to all employees on how to get to and from work without driving. This woman gets all sorts of emails on this subject, and probably has seen posters at her office, received mailings, and even heard people talk about the bus pass program, but she rejected it for two reasons:
1. She knows there's no bus in her community, so she assumes that a bus is not an option for arriving at work, never considering the possibility that she could take the bus part way and avoid that pesky parking fee.
2. She's never taken a bus in her life, and it scares her to think about taking a bus.
OK, I'm speculating on that second point. But Madison is just small enough that there are a lot of people that still view buses as for poor people, brown people [oh, the horrors!], students, and crazy environmentalists. Buses are urban things, and she lives in a rural community. She wouldn't have the first idea how to find the correct bus, and she has no intention of finding out how to use the system.
So she'll continue to complain about the cost of parking. But maybe, just maybe, one day she will try riding the bus, just to prove that it won't work for her, and she'll find out it's actually pretty easy. Then she'll think about all the money she could save by giving up her parking spot, or getting flex parking, and maybe another multimodal commuter will be born.
And by the way, the City of Madison can also help you find ways to avoid driving (and parking) every day. So you don't have to be a UW employee to get that emergency ride home. But if you happen to be a UW employee, and don't already know about the services they provide, check out the Commuter Solutions page. It's great information for anyone in Madison.
Are parking requirements holding up infill development?
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No, not city zoning requirements. In Madison, there are no (car) parking requirements in the downtown area. If someone wants to build an apartment building or offices with no parking, they are free to do so.
But I heard a strange story last week, and this article echoes the same problem. A woman wanted to open a store on the Capital Square, but couldn't get a business loan. Why not? Because she had no parking. She wasn't worried about it. There are parking ramps quite close, and thousands of people would pass by her store by bus, foot, or bike every day. But the bank wouldn't give her a loan. No parking, no loan.
But as soon as the city turned the outer lane of the Square into a parking lane, viola! she got her loan. Doesn't matter how the majority of her customers got the the store. Doesn't matter that people get on and off the bus yards away. Doesn't matter if 10,000 people walk by during the Farmers' Market, or bike by as they come and go during the week. No parking in front, no loan.
What this means is that walkable, bikeable, transit friendly areas of the city are being penalized for being accessible and not car-oriented. If one small store couldn't get a loan, think what the restrictions would be for a larger building! [For more on how urban, mixed-use development is being screwed by federal loan rules, see this recent Forbes article.]
Now, most developers of larger buildings will build parking anyway, regardless of how expensive it is, because they think they can't rent out their space - residential, retail, or commercial - without parking on site. But if a brave soul decided that downtown Madison already had enough parking, and more office (or retail, or residential) space was a better thing to build than parking, they would be shut out of loans.
How crazy is that?
But I heard a strange story last week, and this article echoes the same problem. A woman wanted to open a store on the Capital Square, but couldn't get a business loan. Why not? Because she had no parking. She wasn't worried about it. There are parking ramps quite close, and thousands of people would pass by her store by bus, foot, or bike every day. But the bank wouldn't give her a loan. No parking, no loan.
But as soon as the city turned the outer lane of the Square into a parking lane, viola! she got her loan. Doesn't matter how the majority of her customers got the the store. Doesn't matter that people get on and off the bus yards away. Doesn't matter if 10,000 people walk by during the Farmers' Market, or bike by as they come and go during the week. No parking in front, no loan.
What this means is that walkable, bikeable, transit friendly areas of the city are being penalized for being accessible and not car-oriented. If one small store couldn't get a loan, think what the restrictions would be for a larger building! [For more on how urban, mixed-use development is being screwed by federal loan rules, see this recent Forbes article.]
Now, most developers of larger buildings will build parking anyway, regardless of how expensive it is, because they think they can't rent out their space - residential, retail, or commercial - without parking on site. But if a brave soul decided that downtown Madison already had enough parking, and more office (or retail, or residential) space was a better thing to build than parking, they would be shut out of loans.
How crazy is that?
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