G.E. Equipped PCCs

[Fred W. Schneider III]

And why would you want to spend your tax dollars (and mine) on a light rail
project that will receive inadequate utilization.  I could accept it if it
would generate 40,000 riders a day but how many can you name that do outside of
PATCO and the LA Green Line that are in that category?  Maybe 25,000 a day is
realistic but still there aren't many systems in that range either.  But we
have a lot like Baltimore than run empty trains all day long (and then run
three car trains all day when there is a ball game so that they will be ready
when it ends).

Carl Zager wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jim Holland wrote:
> > >     It was not necessarily the fact that *we-the-people* abandoned
> > > trolleycars  --  we abandoned public transport for private mobility  --
> > > which means abandoning trolleycars, trolley coaches, and motor coaches!
> > > This, too, was a factor but not the total cause.
> > >     It was inevitable that this would happen!
>
> Jim,
>
> In the long run -- say the last 40 years (has it been that long!) -- I
> would agree, totally with your assessment, particularly in the Pittsburgh
> area. But in the beginning, it appeared that "we" did abandon trolleys for
> buses. We probably now know that was only an interim step toward private
> autos.
>
> I am struck, periodically, with news reports that indicate this agency or
> that private developer suggesting an investigation of installing (or
> re-building abandoned) rail lines for commuter traffic -- even here in
> south central Indiana. They go nowhere, but hope springs eternal.
>
>  Carl Zager                                             KB9RVB
>  czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager