Posts Tagged ‘cost’
Metro and FTA disagree about cost of Light Rail
This, from the River Oaks Examiner, is pretty interesting… Letters to the Metropolitan Transit Authority from the Federal Transit Administration place the baseline price of building both the North and Southeast light rail lines at almost $1.58 billion. Based on the correspondence, dated Aug. 17, that would place the cost of the 11.84 miles of [...]
Reasons 1, 2 and 3 why we need transit!
This article in the LA Times got me thinking… I generally enjoy reading about transportation related issues, it’s fun seeing all the different perspectives, people who have ‘evidence’ that transit saves money smash their heads against people who have ‘evidence’ that it costs money. Everything costs money, get over it. All transportation is subsidized, congratulations. [...]