[milwaukee-electric] Re: Milwaukee streetcar route.

[Y Marti]

It would be unlikely because both systems will be operated by separate  
entities. I'm sure there has been threats from Walker that he'd cut  
lines adjacent to the streetcar loop but the fact is there is no bus  
service along the proposed route and the streetcar would tap into a  
different ridership. All east-west bus lines servicing downtown are  
limited to Wisconsin Avenue which is a little odd considering how  
demographics have shifted over the last 20 years.

Yance

Quoting Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>:

> Personally, I'd rather ride on rails, but I believe truncating bus lines
> short of their original terminal and forcing people to transfer to a car
> line would be a publicity nightmare, playing right into the hands of the
> Wendell Cox crowd.
>
> The accusations that doing so to inflate the rail line's passenger count
> and/or giving the Rush Limbaughs of the world ammunition, as they would say
> the mandated transfer is an example of "government making the public do 'the
> right thing.'" I see this as being detrimental to the "Back to Rails"
> movement.
>
> Just my uneducated opinion.
>
> K.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Rugani" <x779 at webtv.net>
> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:31 AM
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Milwaukee streetcar route.
>
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>> My answer would be that the words "being forced" much more closely apply
>> to bus ridership than anything to do with rail, the latter by far being
>> the transit method of choice.
>>
>> =Lou=
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>> ~~~~~~~~~~ **-=\/=-** ~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> The opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.       Robert
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ken and Tracie
>> Sent: Saturday, May 8, 2010 11:04 AM
>> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
>> Cc: Schneider Fred
>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Electric railways, streetcars,
>> interurbans, trams, light rail lines and trolley buses worldwide. City
>> officials announce Downtown Milwaukee streetcar route.
>>
>> A few months ago, I thought I raised the question as to whether or not the
>> average MCTS bus rider would rather stay on rubber tires for a one seat
>> ride
>> Downtown rather than being forced onto a circular streetcar line for the
>> last two miles of his/her trip.
>>
>> K.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Louis Rugani" <x779 at webtv.net>
>> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 8:48 AM
>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Electric railways, streetcars, interurbans,
>> trams, light rail lines and trolley buses worldwide. City officials
>> announce
>> Downtown Milwaukee streetcar route.
>>
>>
>>> Haven't heard a peep on this list yet about this long-awaited Milwaukee
>>> traction renaissance:
>>> =Lou=
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~ **-=\/=-** ~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> The opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.       Robert
>>> Anthony
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