[Willie Green]

Bump.

Thanks for the heads up.

I've seen other articles by Wendell Cox posted here before.
There are always legitimate concerns regarding poor-planning, waste, delays, cost escalation, etc etc. when pursuing infrastructure projects. This is as true for highway and airport construction as it is for mass-transit.
Mr. Cox is a consultant who earns his living always opposing mass-transit.
As such, one cannot treat his perspective as objective and unbiased.
He does, however, bring up some good points worthy of consideration when evaluating specific, local proposals.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well said.

Lots of waste, corruption, and pork in many transit projects. Look at Dallas, the first light-rail line was built to the heavily minority south side, despite there being much more congested corridors which would have served far more riders and employment centers. And then the lines were stopped a few miles short of any convenient freeway access, insuring that most riders would only be from those minority neighborhoods.

I'd like to see a debate between Paul Weyrich and Wendell Cox.

[Erasmus]

He does, however, bring up some good points worthy of consideration when evaluating specific, local proposals.

True. Such as the fact that the promoters of every single US mass transit project lie to the voters about both their costs and their effectiveness.