Comment 119588

By ref_erendum (registered) | Posted June 25, 2016 at 11:32:53 in reply to Comment 119562

http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/inde...

"But a new “Future of Transportation” analysis of U.S. Census data conducted by Yonah Freemark, project manager at Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago, raises some serious questions about TriMet’s decision to invest so heavily in light rail over the past three decades.

Writing for The Atlantic Cities, known for its unabashed advocacy of mass transit, Freemark says “it doesn’t take much digging” to realize that light-rail systems built with billions of taxpayer dollars in Portland and four other cities since the 1980s have not lived up to their promises.

“These initial five systems in themselves neither rescued the center cities of their respective regions nor resulted in higher transit use — the dual goals of those first-generation lines,” he writes."

I don't make these stories up as we carry on this conversation simply showing the reality of predicting all of these wonderful attributes of an LRT. Simply put it is a waste of tax dollars only for the HOPE of increasing ridership on these lines. And I Say HOPE ! How many generations do we need to make it worth while to take people out of their cars. I don't know about you but I enjoy my independence.

Comment edited by ref_erendum on 2016-06-25 11:34:10

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