Heard a guy on KVI radio this morning and he said the Army Corp of Engineers could have something in place by next Wednesday. Probably a little optimistic but you get the point. If there was a will, there would be a way.
John Carlson made the point and I agree 100% with him that this SHOULD shine the light on how much of our gas tax money goes into the mass transit rat hole instead of road building and maintenance. This “crisis” should not be wasted and our legislators need to hear from us about putting the transportation dollars where they belong, for the roads. My own opinion is to let the bus/light rail riders pay for their precious buses and trains. You ride, you pay.
Thing about buses is that they make sense only for a very small number of routes.
Say running up and down highway 99, that kind of thing.
Most rural or even suburban routes end up with a 10-20% occupancy rate.
A fifteen thousand pound vehicle going from place to place to haul, on average, three people?
Makes no sense.
Toss in the fact that many of the counties have a system set up for transportation of people who have medical issues, there’s a gal near me who DAILY gets transports to/from wherever I don’t know, but I know it is a county funded program and there is no bus service where I live.
So the rabid bus advocates LOSE that group as being part of their justification.