[milwaukee-electric] Re: Success of Rail; was Who is Tom Rubin....

[Fred M. Cain]

 Don,   I think that what you are describing there in Dallas is= pretty much
the same way it's gone everywhere that rail transit has been i= ntroduced in
recent years.  Skepticism seems to fade away once the fir= st part of the
basic system is up and running.  Now, Phoenix looks to = be next up on the
list.  I was raised for a good part of my childhood = in Phoenix (although I
no longer live there) and I can tell you that I woul= d've never dreamed by
even my wildest imagination that this would one day c= ome true.   Sadly,
there have been a few rare disappointments - Buf= falo comes to mind.  But
even there their greatest failure in the Buff= alo area is that they never
finished the basic system.  An immensely e= xpensive downtown subway was
completed with the intent that suburban "feede= r" lines would be built into
it.  But those feeder lines were never bu= ilt.   However, when we take a
hard look at the rest of the co= untry, there is a lot to be encouraged
about.  It might even be a safe= bet to say that there are some very
excitingdays ahead!   Regards,   Fred M. Cain, U.S. Route 66 Recommissioning
Initiative http://www.bringbackroute66.com/home= .html[1]=20   
  -------- Original Message --------
Subject: [milwaukee-electric]= Re: Who is Tom Rubin, and what exactly is
the 'Reason Institute'?
Fr= om: "Don Ross" <don0731 at gte.net>
Date: Tue, December 23, 2008 7:30= pm
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>

The thing I= get a kick is the fact that no one can look 25 years ahead. 
About 15 y= ears ago we had the same kind of knuckle heads at Dallas. They 
have dis= appeared. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, wants to get more rail. 
And Fo= rt Worth is getting ready to do the same thing. Rubin was sent out 
with= tar and feathers. He hasn't come back.

Don (the young one)

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From: "Y Marti" <yance at oldmilwaukee.net&= gt;
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, = December 23, 2008 9:11 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Who is Tom R= ubin, and what exactly is
the
'Reason Institute'?


>
&g= t; It's hard to come up with an accurate economic analysis in these
times>when prices fluctuate so greatly. Six months ago when the study was=
done, 
>prices were at an all time high, especially for fuel costs.= If he couldn't

>come up with figures that would show lower costs f= or a mass-transit
system
>vs a longer distance bus route, then his = math must be extremely poor.
>
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