[Black Cat]

Small cities and suburbs do NOT need trains of any shape or form.

I live in a "bedroom community" about 30 miles from Indianapolis. Of the 40,000 or so people who live here, it's estimated that about 10% of them work in Indianapolis and probably most of them drive to work alone or with one other person.

So do we need light rail? No, we don't need it, but what makes more sense -- 3000 automobiles or, say, 50 train cars? Anyone who drives that route on a daily basis -- including my wife -- would tell you in the most graphic terms imaginable just how badly some alternative is needed.

[Phantom Lord]

Anyone who drives that route on a daily basis -- including my wife -- would tell you in the most graphic terms imaginable just how badly some alternative is needed.

Bad enough that you and them would be willing to pay FULL FARE to cover its expenses and not be supported by the tax payers?

How would you get from your home to the train station? How would you get from the train station to your office and back?

[balrog666]

So do we need light rail? No, we don't need it, but what makes more sense -- 3000 automobiles or, say, 50 train cars? Anyone who drives that route on a daily basis -- including my wife -- would tell you in the most graphic terms imaginable just how badly some alternative is needed.

Is the train going to pick you up at the door? Is the train going to drop you off at your office door? Won't you still need your automobile to take to the station, take you around town, or to take you anywhere else the train doesn't go? Are you going to carry your groceries home from the train-accessable grocery store every day in your backpack?

Or are you going to continue to do things the way that is most efficient for you?