Comment 105372

By WhatAboutThis (anonymous) | Posted October 14, 2014 at 19:11:57 in reply to Comment 105370

"I wish more people would actually read the city's Rapid Ready plan."

Well, it's 50 pages long, which like it or not is going to turn off a segment of people right there. Maybe try to turn it into one of those really cool looking one or two page infographics? Or a snappy YouTube video or something.

But let's say that the B-line is ready for LRT, and that others either aren't ready or won't make sense to work on just yet. I find that a little hard to believe, given that other cities don't seem to have a problem gradually scaling the quality of transit across the board, but let's just accept that for the sake of argument.

You can still appeal to the interests of the broader voting population if you get creative. You promise them "no tax increases for 5 years after the LRT is installed" due to savings and predicted economic activity. If that's not viable, whatever the savings are, you market those savings as THE reason to build the LRT. Take away the (if only perceived) cost anxiety of installing the LRT line. Come up with a cute slogan that markets the LRT B-line, maybe the "Light Rail Tax Blocker-line".

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