B.A. - Tulsa commuter rail public hearing

[Porky]

I think this would be great but the rail needs to run from Jenks to BA and then on to Owasso, bypassing Tulsa all together.

This would be a huge boast for these quality community's in supporting their shopping and entertainment districts.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by Porky

I think this would be great but the rail needs to run from Jenks to BA and then on to Owasso, bypassing Tulsa all together.

This would be a huge boast for these quality community's in supporting their shopping and entertainment districts.

If they think its economicaly viable and that enough people would ride it, nobody in Tulsa is gonna stop them from doing that lol. But of course, nobody in Tulsa is going to pay for it either. []

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

quote:Originally posted by Porky

I think this would be great but the rail needs to run from Jenks to BA and then on to Owasso, bypassing Tulsa all together.

This would be a huge boast for these quality community's in supporting their shopping and entertainment districts.

If they think its economicaly viable and that enough people would ride it, nobody in Tulsa is gonna stop them from doing that lol. But of course, nobody in Tulsa is going to pay for it either. []

I know, nor is anyone going to be paying for such a thing here in the burbs.

What gets me is there are so many positive things that could get people downtown again and they aren't addressing them. Instead they feed us this 3 island project and this rail nonsense. Now there talking about a $9,000,000 sidewalk downtown. When does this madness end before we lose our downtown all together?

[waterboy]

Put this study into the category of "What if...". Someone justifies his job, pays a little study money to test the water. The water is cold.

Saw this stuff back in the 70's when there really was a vibrant downtown and it wouldn't wash then either. There are vested interests who do not want passenger rail in OK, specifically Tulsa. All they have to do is refer to the cost of start-up, which is tremendous, estimate ridership, which is puny and a guess at that, and that usually blunts the talk. We want stuff here. We just don't want to pay for it.

[shadows]

Your are getting close to the reason for all the islands and the mass to transportation.   The word is "Pork Barrel".   The taxpayers through their taxes are promised every hair brained idea of fancies where the working poor can transferred into the pockets of the rich this money in disguise of improvements  that are needed and they cannot expand  without..   The horse stinks more each day.  
Time to bury it.