Comments on: Help guide the Council http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/ Your source for news and information on Kansas City's light rail progress Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:14:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 Dave Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:28:53 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/#comment-3144 yes, we know about new york in the 70s. we also know that diversified and dedicated funding for transit will keep these agencies solvent. also: a) light rail won't get built without federal matching funds b) a new dedicated transit sales tax will fund bus service c) the chiefs express is not the only full bus in the city once again, northlander, make a decision about your support for public transit. if you want to see our system improved, it needs a mode that will attract new riders where there is existing job and housing density. if you don't want to see it improved, stop reading this site and vote no on all upcoming light rail questions, because we're not changing our tune anytime soon. yes, we know about new york in the 70s. we also know that diversified and dedicated funding for transit will keep these agencies solvent.

also:

a) light rail won’t get built without federal matching funds
b) a new dedicated transit sales tax will fund bus service
c) the chiefs express is not the only full bus in the city

once again, northlander, make a decision about your support for public transit. if you want to see our system improved, it needs a mode that will attract new riders where there is existing job and housing density. if you don’t want to see it improved, stop reading this site and vote no on all upcoming light rail questions, because we’re not changing our tune anytime soon.

]]> By: northlander http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 northlander Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:18:28 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/#comment-3137 So do you know what going broke does for a city ? We will spend millions for light rail which only maybe only 1% of the people using it and have that money taken away from are roads which 99% of the people use. Dave you can't run a business like that. Cities like Boston,Chicago,and New York have over a million riders a day. In our case it take a month to reach a million riders,our best week-end for bus ridership is when the Chiefs play.[ten times a year] One of the few times you see full buses. So do you know what going broke does for a city ? We will spend millions for light rail which only maybe only 1% of the people using it and have that money taken away from are roads which 99% of the people use.
Dave you can’t run a business like that.
Cities like Boston,Chicago,and New York have over a million riders a day. In our case it take a month to reach a million riders,our best week-end for bus ridership is when the Chiefs play.[ten times a year] One of the few times you see full buses.

]]> By: Dave http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/comment-page-1/#comment-3028 Dave Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:46:42 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/#comment-3028 yes, we do. yes, we do.

]]> By: new to KC http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/comment-page-1/#comment-3024 new to KC Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:30:14 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/#comment-3024 Let me get this straight...you want to go through all the time, effort and money to build a light-rail system, in a city where no one rides the bus?? Let me get this straight…you want to go through all the time, effort and money to build a light-rail system, in a city where no one rides the bus??

]]> By: northlander http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/comment-page-1/#comment-2927 northlander Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:41:14 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/#comment-2927 But if you can only build 6 miles every 25 years you won't get much done. But if you can only build 6 miles every 25 years you won’t get much done.

]]> By: Dave http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Dave Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:45:22 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/#comment-2912 Light rail contributes a halo effect to transit in the entire region. Is convention business pie in the sky? Was the Sprint Center pie in the sky? Those are both expensive, long-term initiatives that don't have a direct or immediate affect on the entire 300 square miles of KC, but everyone agrees that they are generally beneficial. Light rail contributes a halo effect to transit in the entire region. Is convention business pie in the sky? Was the Sprint Center pie in the sky? Those are both expensive, long-term initiatives that don’t have a direct or immediate affect on the entire 300 square miles of KC, but everyone agrees that they are generally beneficial.

]]> By: northlander http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 northlander Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:40:54 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2007/10/16/help-guide-the-council/#comment-2886 The reason no one will champion Light Rail is that the cost is to high. If we do a 6 mile stater line and it takes 25 years to pay for it that won't get transit for KC much less the rest of the 300 sq miles of KC. Someone need to talk about what can be paid for not pie in the sky. The reason no one will champion Light Rail is that the cost is to high. If we do a 6 mile stater line and it takes 25 years to pay for it that won’t get transit for KC much less the rest of the 300 sq miles of KC. Someone need to talk about what can be paid for not pie in the sky.

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