Releasing a story the Friday before the Labor Day weekend?
Wow. This must be a real disaster:
The southwest light rail, the biggest civil engineering project in state history, is shaping up to be an epic disaster.
And if, after all the terrible news of this last year, they’re still doing their news dumps before the weekend when literally everyone is doing something else?
Fearless prediction: Governor Klink won’t be going to the fair this weekend.
Fixed costs are high for LR. In order to offset costs as much as possible you need to maximize riders per car.
You know what you call a train car packed full of people?
A disease vector.
Well said, UMMP. If we were actually learning from what has occurred with the ‘rona, we’d be reevaluating public transit. No such luck..
For that matter, the average passenger-miles per gallon of diesel from a transit bus is about 25, very similar to what you’d get if everyone was driving a 3/4 ton pickup to work. Light rail is worse due to its high weight. One would also figure that environmentalists would recognize what an environmental debacle public transit is, but again, no such luck.
bike;
Believe it or not, at least one DemoCommie controlled crap hole has said no more to LR. According to friends of mine that live in Portland, OR, the gubmint has decided to scrap all extensions, because current system runs at an annual loss.
MPs comment goes sooo well with the next post down!
And, LR was never viable, it was just Col Klink trying to keep up with CA.
You know what you call a train car packed full of people?
Rolling Reparations.
You know what else is a disease vector?
Dense, multi-family housing.
You know what urban planners have been trying, by hook or by crook, to force down the throat of a reluctant public for seventy years?
Mass transit and dense, multi-family housing.
Good point,, UMMP. I’ve pointed out quite a bit that a big part of the reduction in the severity of infectious disease is because we don’t live in tenements anymore.
Vector number 3, since I need to come up with something here, is large workplaces where we’re packed in like sardines, and of course, that’s also been something the “people that matter” have been trying to shoehorn us into.
disease vector cubicles management wants to go hybrid meaning we share cubes you sit here monday i sit here tuesday like that uses less space so company saves money be sure to wipe the desk when you leave for the day i don’t want your germs
Funny that despite the bogus 6 foot rule, all of the major retailers were open, with no limits on bodies, but churches, private gatherings in homes or at funerals, weddings, etc; small businesses like restaurants and hardware stores and florists, were off limits, with severe penalties for violating ze rulez.
So it’s trying to compete with the light rail mugger-mover?
Boss, my favorite was that churches were closed, but there were no limits for casinos or most bars, and definitely none for abortion clinics. Not that somebody’s finger was on the scale societally or anything.