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Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
 
While most of this New York Times article is focused on the Koch Brothers efforts to defeat the Nashville mass transit initiative, there are other regions in which they are funding "grass roots" initiatives to kill similar endeavors.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-public-transit.html

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Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
 
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Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman:
While most of this New York Times article is focused on the Koch Brothers efforts to defeat the Nashville mass transit initiative, there are other regions in which they are funding "grass roots" initiatives to kill similar endeavors.

Any effort they may have made toward defeating the Nashville transit concept was completely unnecessary. As presented I saw no redeeming features. The proposal massively overreached. If dialed back to something that made sense as a starter system it might could have passed, but as presented is simply choked everyone. The concept drawing was simply goofy. The street shown with the transit line was much more congested than the street without the transit line. That drawing should never have gotten out the door without the situation being reversed. I have spent most of my working life working on rail transit and am a strong proponent of it, but I would have voted against this one.
 


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