http://districtweekly.disqus.com/News, Arts, Entertainment & More for Long Beach, Huntington Beach, and Costa MesaenTue, 23 Sep 2008 16:07:16 -0000http://thedistrictweekly.com/daily/staff-infection/briefing/worlds-coolest-costliest-bus-ride/#comment-2549817Yes, the Futurliner seems to have been a great Parade of Progress promo device, to assure us that benign and even wonderful GM was working hard for our great Future. But wasn't this the same GM that a few years later was quietly sabotaging effective public transit - rail and later even bus - everywhere in the USA that it could, esp. here in LA? And which continued its Trojan Horse tactics here in California just a few years ago by leasing and then recalling and destroying electric cars? The Futurliner is a memento of a consistent bait-n-switch track record: pre-emption of promising and practical technology, in order to derail it into mere nostalgiac might-have-been.Joe WeinsteinTue, 23 Sep 2008 16:07:16 -0000