Posted on 07/17/2015 9:01:58 PM PDT by lowbridge
Charlotte, North Carolina’s $37 million streetcar officially began moving this week, and those in the community were still wondering — was it worth that much money?
Knowing the backlash that the electric streetcar has received in the community, two editors at CharlotteFive, a new project of the Charlotte Observer that says it delivers both news and entertainment to Millennials, decided to see just how efficient the streetcar is and challenged it to a race.
According to a video produced by the online site,Charlotte’s Gold Line streetcar travels at a speed of approximately 16 mph and only makes six stops on its 1.5 mile route, during which it abides by traffic laws such as stoplights. But when pitted against Katie Toussaint, an assistant editor at CharlotteFive, on it’s opening day, the Gold Line streetcar’s achievements didn’t shine quite so bright.
The streetcar completed its route in 11 minutes and 32 seconds, according to CharlotteFive.
Toussaint, 25, completed the same route in 9 minutes and 31 seconds — almost exactly two minutes faster.
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WBT used to be great. Lost me mostly with Tara Servatius getting the boot. Larson I will catch sometimes.
Getting “Federal money” for something is celebrated.
True, though, per the ‘education’ standards these days, few can noodle that not only is it $$ of OTHER taxpayers (not from said locality/State), but possibly from THEMSELVES (IE: some could be ‘paying 2x’)
Such a realization is why I fear the Republic is, and has been, dead.
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