When the Antiplanner spoke in Norfolk two years ago, my opening line was “They should call it lie rail because everything about light rail is a lie.” The proponents of building light rail in Virginia Beach have certainly proven that to be true.
Above is an advertisement for the ballot measure. In addition to saying, “Reduce Traffic Congestion,” which it won’t do, it says, “Connect the Oceanfront, ODU [Old Dominion University], Airport & Naval Base.” Yet the ballot measure proposes to increase local property taxes to build a three-mile, $300 million light-rail line that won’t go to any of those places. They say they have long-term plans to build extensions to those places, but they also say that don’t plan to come back and ask for more tax increases.
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A month after the Norfolk line was done, Hampton Roads Transit issued a press release saying that the line “exceeded expectations” because it carried 5,600 people per weekday. In fact, the projection was that it would carry an average of 10,400 people per weekday in the opening year. As it turned out, ridership declined after the first month so that in the opening year it carried just 4,200 per weekday. Two years later, it carried 5,700 per weekday, half of the opening year forecast.
As the Antiplanner has pointed out before, it also had a 50 percent cost overrun and a state audit revealed that the transit agency illegally gave no-bid contracts to favored consultants. But the local politicos want to build more because the state is offering some of the money to “balance” the fact that the state also supported the Silver Line in northern Virginia. To get that money, they are willing to say anything to get a favorable vote next Tuesday. Lie rail indeed.
The Antiplanner wrote:
But the local politicos want to build more because the state is offering some of the money to “balance” the fact that the state also supported the Silver Line in northern Virginia.
Balance, huh? The Commonwealth of Virginia only is contributing about 10% of the construction cost of the train line to Dulles Airport (a/k/a Silver Line) (source here). In the meantime, patrons of the Dulles Toll Road (VA-267) are paying just under 50% of the construction costs through significantly increased tolls.