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[QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by TwinStarRocket: [qb] Gov. Tim Pawlenty(R) originally opposed Hiawatha LRT and Northstar Commuter Rail, but reversed his position on both when success became apparent. [/qb][/QUOTE]And this is the crux of the problem politically. The politicians are so buried in the anti-rail propoganda they have to relearn this result with each system. I have been through three transit systems and one rail system that got built. For every one of them the song, "it cost too mcuh, no one will ever ride it' and quite a few other verses on the same order was sung at a deafening pitch about all of them. The first was Washington Metro. It has already gone beyond the ultimate system as envisioned in 1970, adn they are still building. By this time the area would not want to even think about doing without it, but yet in the mid-70's a major cut back in the proposed system was put in place, and later dropped after it became obvious to the most dense that there was a real demand for and real benenfit from the system. Then there was Dallas light rail. It died in 1988 before any was built, and despite having a dead slow run in the streets downtown that was NOT in the original plan seems to be having good ridership to the point that the parts that were "maybe someday" in the oriiginal plan are mostly in place or under construction. Then Taipei Mass Rapid Transit. Felt like I was living through WMATA again, except in Chinese. Again, the maybe someday but probably never parts are either under construction or in service, and the street level traffic is relatively coherent compared to the previously near immobile chaos. Then Taiwan HSR. Flghts between major points on the route have almost entirely dissapeared, and the line has becmoe part of the fabric of the country in only 4 years of operation. Yukon, I have a set of the Smart plans. They are on their web site. Dates vary from 2003 to 2005, so the thought has been around a while. Best I make no comment on what I think about these. My thoughs may be positive or may be negative, but I may end up being somewhat involved at times, so to say nothing in public is best. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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