MUST READ!!! TOY TRAIN STREETCAR FUNDING STALLS IN KANSAS CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE BROKE-ASS NATION!!!
Kansas City transit policy wonks ponder a shocking trend among American cities that's throwing the alleged toy train streetcar renaissance off-track.
To wit . . .
SPIKING TOY TRAIN COSTS ALONG WITH DRYED UP OBAMACASH FUNDING HAVE DERAILED STREETCAR PROGRESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN KANSAS CITY!!!
The sad fact is that Kansas City seems to be too late to hop-aboard this train-wreck.
Here's a money quote from The Atlantic City Lab blog post which reports rail transit grinding to a screeching halt:
"The vote left Kansas City mulling a significant question about the future: What exactly does a city do with two miles of streetcar track (sharing a road with rapid transit buses and car lanes, no less)? That could seem like a very local problem, but given the number of U.S. cities building starter streetcar lines with federal dollars, it might become a familiar one. To improve mobility these systems will need to grow (and ideally be given dedicated lanes), but with the prospect of more federal funding dim, cities are struggling to find ways to fund these expansions with local money."
Sadly, transit advocates still believe their brilliance will overcome the lack of cash as they devise the next tax against po'folk.
Check the relevant links offering more DEETS about American cities too broke to afford this touristy frou-frou as a very wise man once called it . . .
The Atlantic City Lab Blog: Its Streetcar Stalled, Kansas City Mulls the Best Way Forward
Show-Me Blog: Streetcar Costs Balloon in Charlotte
The Oregonian: Kansas City, one of Portland Mayor Charlie Hales' streetcar sales stops, hits snag on expansion plans
Developing . . .
Abort mission!!! Abort mission!!!
ReplyDeleteYou can't get blood from a turnip!
ReplyDeleteAsk Mensa boy.
ReplyDeleteOh, my. Mensa boy will hurf durf in three... two... .
ReplyDeleteThe shaky financing issues are not new. They were known at the time, which is one reason the vote was rigged.
ReplyDeleteI guess there's no question where the taxes raised from Clay's petitions would go, which is another good reason to vote no. A little over 300 people wanted thins thing. Mensa boy knows 50 more. Why not have them pay for it, give it to them, and let them run it?
I like it when Mensa boy starts babbling incoherently and raves about SMARTKC and Sherry DeJane's backyard. C'mon Mensa boy! Oh, you aren't drunk yet. We'll give you a couple of hours to start your babbling and hurf durfing - sore LOSER.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha
ReplyDeleteKC will be stuck with a "starter line," in layman's terms, a train to nowhere.
ReplyDeleteKC is not alone ... lots of other cities that once had visions (or hallucinations) of a federal choo-choo gravy train will be in the same position.
Nobody will ride the thing because it doesn't go anywhere. Vandals will tear it apart and redecorate it with spray paint because the city doesn't even have enough money to maintain it as is or to secure it from bad guys.
All told, it will end up as a semi-rolling wreck that does nothing but screw up traffic.
Eventually, some local thug will set it on fire, which at least will provide a way to get the thing off the tracks without losing too much face.
in your dreams 2:18. but thanks for sharing.
DeleteLet Herf n Derf and his friend Poop n Scoop, go door to door with tin cans collecting for their beloved train. It will help them build much-needed character and give them an unbiased view of what the majority of the city really thinks about it.
ReplyDeleteOverheard at the Tony's Johnson county Holliday meet-up:
ReplyDelete"Hey guys, I think the record is skipping!"
"Yeah, who put on 'Waaa, waaa, Snivel' by the Angsty White Subrubes, anyway?"
"Also, Dude, why are these parties always such sausage-fests?"
^dumb^
DeleteI'm sure you have a point buried in there somewhere. Or perhaps not.
DeleteHow incoherent could it be, Internet Lawyer Boy? You see, to be picking up the main points just fine?
ReplyDeleteMaybe you and Pat and Sherry should get on that magical mystery bus plan you promised east side voters, before you try for the Funkhouser 2.0/Freedom ticket you guys are working so hard to try to peice together.
You might try English next time. A careful review of some topics, particularly punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure in general is in your best interest. Keep trying though! We're all rooting for you.
DeleteIf you want to play pedant, you may want to remember the proper use of the comma.
DeleteBack to the play pen for you, rube.
Yes, that's the point after all. For me it is play. For you...obsession. :)
Deleteniggers can't wait to be chimpin out on dis new toy!
ReplyDeleteEmbarrassment to white people 432.
ReplyDeleteNASCAR at 8.
News flash, Tony finds info showing light rail is bad.
ReplyDeleteYawn.
Echo echo echo echo....
ReplyDeleteChamber amber amber amber...
Red meat for the rage ridden rubes!
ReplyDeleteLooks like he got drunk early.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 1960s Oklahoma City built a monorail that traveled around its fairgrounds. A few years ago I was at the fair there and discovered all the rail had been removed except for one small piece on which was perched a car with steps leading up to it so you could see the wonder that once was. I suspect that's the future for the nonstarter line. After all, according to MB, we're on par with Oklahoma City.
Look at it like this if KC isn't hip enough for you move to some big city where you can enjoy all the amenities of big city life.
ReplyDeleteStress, noise, pollution, sky high rents, etc, etc.
"Civic groups from the city's east side cried foul, and voters sent a clear message to city hall: They won't have their taxes raised to pay for something they don't need."
ReplyDelete"The city expected the streetcar to create a sense of place, but those neighborhoods liked their 'place' just as it was."
Pretty much says it all.
Who wouldn't like a place like east KC? Why would anyone want to change something so charming and idyllic? It's not like it's lost 3/4 of its population in the last 50 years or anything.
DeleteThe real issue is that we have no idea as to what the cost is to date, let alone what the final cost will be.
ReplyDeleteActually the quote was referencing Brookside and Waldo. You, um, might want to read the articles before commenting on them; however, given your ability to comment authoritatively on things you haven't read, you may be just what the Star is looking for Star in a book reviewer. Why don't you contact them?
ReplyDeleteDried not Dryed.
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