[PRCo] Re: Buffalo---Says---NO---to---Rail---Expansion

Jim Holland pghpcc at pacbell.net
Sun Sep 23 22:57:12 EDT 2001


Good Morning!!

	Amazing how facts and figures can be made to fit a preconceived
assumption, Yes?(:->)

	This is the line that got me  --  the rumors I heard about possible 
*abandonment*  are not false after all:::::::

        '"If things don't change for the better,
	if ridership slips further as our costs increase,
	we may decide to just shut it down," Kahl said.
	"But for now, we're committed to running it and
	making it the best light-rail system it can be."'

> Norm wrote::::::::

> Greetings!

> It was also interesting to read that at 16 years of age, the line has
> reached its "midlife...."

>> Edward H. Lybarger wrote:::::::

>> They have 25,000 daily riders and are crying?
>> Are the numbers inflated are or they inept?

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James B. Holland

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