Posted on 07/25/2014 10:28:15 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
Seattle-Everett Sounder was really done badly. They have four trains per day in each direction, only at peak times and all way too early (last train inbound leaves Everett at 7:15 AM and last train outbound leaves Seattle at 5:35 PM—IOW, the trains aren’t any use to anybody). And that’s aside from the ridiculous $10.8 million per mile for an existing railroad.
Again, not “whatever” in the context of what they’re promoting beyond bus service.
I actually believe in free markets and don’t need to come up with excuses to oppose or support a business. The Detroit bus company is doing more than sitting around bitching and appears to take zero taxpayer dollars.
So it’s OK when said business exhibits symbols and slogans of anti-free-market forces?
For the record, you didn’t offer any excuses that I saw.
Yep its fine with me. BTW they use biodiesel too. LOL
He’s doing, you’re sitting on your ass bitching, he wins.
Winning by what tactics though?
Ah, I get it: they’re L3C. Not altogether for-profit, officially.
Does Motown still have the monorail deal they termed the “mugger mover”
If you mean the “People Mover”, it’s got two rails instead of one, and it’s still there.
LOL I’m sure every foot of travel garners some massive amount of federal subsidy....
Reportedly it requires about $12 million per year to keep running. And it has no operator; it’s automated.
The BOONDOGGLE keyword is heavy in those threads!
And El Bestia from Sudestates Unidos is set to take away that “Train of Death” mantel. People ride it sh@@ scared and fall off of it and shizzts!
The so called rail system isn’t. Even the first portion is going to be a strip that end somewhere south of Visalia....that’s soooo close to LA/s
The Bay Area portion is covered by buses. The speeds at which the train will supposedly travel are around 60 mph tops. The whole thing is a travesty IF it can even have any portion built.
I still remember the fly over ramp from 101 to 680 that took DECADES to finish....it was a bridge to nowhere from nowhere. California is famous for this kind of nonsense
lol
“”’As I started visiting [other] great American cities, it hit me—man, how did we blow this so badly?’”” Easy. They kept electing stupid democrats.
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