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A Streetcar Named Disaster
The Houston Review ^
| March 7, 2004
| Phil Magness
Posted on 03/07/2004 5:02:00 PM PST by PeaceBeWithYou
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Stop the madness Houston.
More roads = less traffic, less pollution, at far less cost.
To: Flyer; Eaker; Dog Gone; GOPcapitalist; humblegunner
Counter courtesy of the Houston Review.
1 time ping to a few Houston Area FReepers.
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posted on
03/07/2004 5:10:09 PM PST
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber!)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
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posted on
03/07/2004 5:11:02 PM PST
by
backhoe
To: backhoe
"According to official reports from MetroRail, a total of 558,257 passengers road on the train during the month of January.
558,257? That's how many passengers try to get off the #2 train at Grand Central Station during rush hour, as 485,331 try to get on before the doors close.
To: proxy_user
Oh, rats! Before any fellow New Yorkers knock me down, of course my example of reall mass transit should have been the #4 train. You gotta shuttle crosstown to get the 2.
To: Willie Green; Dog Gone
OK Willie, here's your big chance! Houston's light rail system is a SMASHING success!!!
BTW, the ridership in San Jose's system (which is similar only in downtown areas, elsewhere it has dedicated rights of way) hasn't exceeded 10% of capacity since it was built.
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posted on
03/07/2004 5:30:40 PM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by central planning.)
To: proxy_user
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posted on
03/07/2004 5:40:39 PM PST
by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
To: PeaceBeWithYou; 1riot1ranger; Action-America; Aggie Mama; Alkhin; Allegra; American72; antivenom; ..
*PING!*
I have a surprise coming soon for all you METRORail fans!
As always, a FReep mail will get you on or off this Houston and Texas topics ping list.
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posted on
03/07/2004 5:49:53 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Don't abandon our military - Re-elect President Bush!)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Metro has known from the beginning that ALL the $340,000,000 of rail would have to be replaced with elevated tracks BECAUSE THE CURRENT TRACKS ARE SINKING.
How's that for planned obsolescence?
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posted on
03/07/2004 6:26:14 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
CRASH 1: November 19, 2003 ? Light rail is involved in its first accident, hitting the fender of an SUV as it turned across the tracks. I'm sure it was the SUV's fault.
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posted on
03/07/2004 6:41:48 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
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posted on
03/07/2004 7:08:15 PM PST
by
Action-America
(Best President: Reagan * Worst President: Klinton * Worst GOP President: Dubya)
To: Paleo Conservative
Naw, that street Fannin needs to go. :-)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
$340M+$10-$18M tax subsidy per year.... for a 7.5Mile track!!?????
And government/media loved it!!
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posted on
03/07/2004 7:19:09 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: Action-America
Did you write that story?
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posted on
03/07/2004 7:21:20 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: GeronL
and so does willie green.
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posted on
03/07/2004 7:24:24 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
To: PeaceBeWithYou
bump
To: GeronL
Any kind of commuter rail is a disaster! The only people who like it, are those who don't have to ride on it. In Most cases they are also the same ones who benefit from the, (can you spell boondoggle children?) It would probably be cheaper to arrange that each of those 7000 daily riders be given a personal limosine.
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posted on
03/07/2004 7:45:24 PM PST
by
rock58seg
(Broken Glass Conservative, I'll even vote for a moderate if he's the most conservative candidate.)
To: rock58seg
I dunno. Lets do the math... $340Million divided by 7000 is $48,571.42. Maybe not a limo but maybe an AVIATOR!
Up to $18Million a year from taxpayers for operating the thing. Thats $2,571 a year, to pay for their gasoline I guess....
YUP. These 7,000 people could be given very nice cars for the same price.
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posted on
03/07/2004 8:11:03 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: GeronL
Just wait until the operators of the trains unionize and go on strike. Being the highly skilled, irreplaceable employees they are they will demand hugher wages and make the system even less economically viable.
To: PeaceBeWithYou
Miami has an excellent system. Above the street. Some graspers in Houston got the city to give them a lot of tax monies for an inferior design.
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posted on
03/07/2004 8:29:40 PM PST
by
185JHP
( "And the pure in heart shall see god.")
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