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To: bentway who wrote (730939)	8/5/2013 12:35:37 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575146

Gov't helped turn this housing project: Into this residential development:

To: bentway who wrote (730939)	8/5/2013 11:26:42 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575146

Why politicians love light rail: ... why not buy busses? They’re infinitely more flexible than light rail passenger trains, since they can go anywhere there’s a road. But that would be too logical–and ironically, too cheap and easy, compared with the expense of building a light rail system: A transit agency that expands its bus fleet gets the support of the transit operators union. But an agency that builds a rail line gets the support of construction companies, construction unions, banks and bond dealers, railcar manufacturers, electric power companies (if the railcars are electric powered), downtown property owners, and other real estate interests. Rail may be a negative-sum game for the region as a whole, but those concentrated interests stand to gain a lot at a relatively small expense to everyone else. pjmedia.com