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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  1/2/2009 06:38 PM,bobf wrote:
> I don't know what the extra highways cost Marie.  But, the fact is 
> almost everyone still uses cars, still 'plans' to use cars; so we 
> will be buliding new highways -- whatever they cost -- 'plus' the 
> 1.4 billion dollar train.
>
> A billion dollars is still a hell of a lot of money.  And Phoenix 
> doesnt not have the money, though they keep raising my frackin property taxes.
>
> I like the train.  It is pretty.  But it cost over a 'billion' 
> dollars.  And no-one expects to use it to get back and forth to work 
> -- its supposed primary purpose.  The politicians are already making 
> excuses.  The city just needas to 'expand' the rail line (more 'billions').
>
> >From where is this money going to appear?

Think of this as a transportation system, a way for people to get 
around when they can't afford or don't want to support a personal 
auto. Think of a city where only the really well off can drive, who 
are they going to get to do the work?

Nothing is cheap these days...




Rob
becida AT comcast.net