Well, we didn't get new train service but we did end up with a few buses.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/vice-president-biden-announces-nearly-200-new-recovery-act-transit-projects-42-stat (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/vice-president-biden-announces-nearly-200-new-recovery-act-transit-projects-42-stat)
Oklahoma
Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority $3,950,000
Purchase 9 35ft. and 3 40ft. repl. buses; Rehab Admin./Maintenance.; ADA Paratransit Svc.
City of Lawton $17,501 Purchase One Van and Cost Under Runs
State Total $3,967,501.00v
I went to the model train show yesterday. Walking back to my car (parked on the street for free vs. $8 in a lot), I heard some bad klunking noises coming from one of the Tulsa Transit buses going around a corner. It made me wonder about the safety of riding on one of them.