[PRCo] Re: Brilliance in Transit Management

[John Swindler]

Have you seen, Herb, where the poster child for BRT, Curitiba Brazil, is 
proceeding with replacing their north-south BRT line with light rail?  
Funding to come from Worid Bank

Speaking about brilliance, I wonder if anyone at FTA knows - or even cares.  
(anyone want to do a cost comparison and ridership per investment $$ for 
West Busway vs. light rail, such as Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Portland or 
Denver?)

John


>From: <hrbran99 at adelphia.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Brilliance in Transit Management
>Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:07:11 -0500
>
>You only have to ride the systems. You should be an employee in one of 
>todays transit authorities. Todays managers would have trouble running a 
>shopping cart through the grocery store, not to mention running buses, 
>cars, and trains for the purpose of moving real live passengers. Strictly 
>my own opinion, of course, I think most of them are the horses @$$. They 
>only respond to Bus Rapid Transit, fancy lunches, and golf outings.--
>HrB
>
>---- Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com> wrote:
> > Todays New York Times contains a nice piece on the TA's proposed rule
> > that will make it illegal to photograph any of their equipment.  I'm
> > waiting for the first tourist to be arrested for photographing Times
> > Square (with a bus in it) or a picture of his family in the subway.
> > What a great way to make an international incident out of stupidity.
> >
> > And today's Washington Post contains a method by which WMATA wishes to
> > increase the capacity of its rail system ... remove the seats from the
> > cars.  They would leave two pairs of seats, those which cover vital
> > electrical equipment and thus can't be removed.
> >
> > I've read that in every group of people, half are below average.   Do
> > they always move to New York, Washington and Boston?
> >
> > That ought to get a response out of someone on the list.  And no, I'm
> > not kidding about the newspapers.  Look for yourself.
> >
> >
> >
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