After rejecting it once, Seattle voters got fooled into voting for a light-rail line whose cost doubled almost immediately after the election. Then Seattle voters got talked into a monorail line whose costs also exploded after the election. Fortunately, they were able to vote their way out of that one.
Now Sound Transit, whose light-rail costs have blown up and whose commuter-rail trains carry far fewer riders than projected, has a new plan: another 50 or 60 miles of light rail.
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Because that is what rail transit is really all about: spending money. Lots of it. Buses don’t cost enough. They don’t provide profits for local construction companies. They don’t provide jobs for unionized construction and electrical workers.
Next week, however, the Antiplanner will focus on town planning. Or, to be precise, anti-town planning. I’ve picked out three cities to examine, but there is still room for two more. Feel free to nominate any city or town — size doesn’t matter, but we won’t be looking at regional planning, just city or town planning.
antiplanner Now Sound Transit, whose light-rail costs have blown up and whose commuter-rail trains carry far fewer riders than projected, has a new plan: another 50 or 60 miles of light rail.
JK: Simple explanation: If what you are doing doesn’t work, just do more of it hoping for a different result.
Simple. Stupid. Insane (per Eienstein.) Of course we all know that city planners are simple, stupid and insane.
PS To casual readers: I am one of many victims of planning’s failures in Perfectly Planned Portland. I have documented some of their fallacies at: PortlandFacts.com
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Any ideas on how we can save Tampa? They want to build a big new light rail line so we can “become a world class city”, and they want authority for a regional planning commission that, I’m sure, will do its best to make housing unaffordable.
Any ideas on how we can “save” Tampa? [quotes added]
As in anything: marshal the facts, arrange them so they are compelling, present them to audiences in such a way as to galvanize a majority, and ensure decision-makers understand the implication of the majority’s wishes.
If you are unable to impart a minority ideology upon the majority, perhaps the details of the ideological goal are not compelling. IOW: some may nod their head to the melody, but less like the lyrics.
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Dan If you are unable to impart a minority ideology upon the majority, perhaps the details of the ideological goal are not compelling. IOW: some may nod their head to the melody, but less like the lyrics.
JK: Then how come rail sales companies typically outspend by 10:1 and loose? Or is it only 5:1?
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