Sadly, this article is hidden behind a paywall but we're all pretty well-versed in the toy train debate . . . What's important here is that locals are engaged throughout the nation in attempting to debunk streetcar hype that's mostly unchallenged locally AND KC as an example of streetcar's economic benefit is now something beyond a one-sided story.
Midlands Voices: A streetcar is undesired
The writer is director of municipal policy at the Show-Me Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, a think tank that promotes public policies that advance free- market principles. As Omahans consider spending hundreds of millions of dollars for a streetcar system, proponents point to Kansas City as an example of a successful system.
Oh meddling in Omaha's business now?
ReplyDeleteYou should mark this as a promo since it's bought and paid for.
Funny. The latest Murdoch Mystery, set in Toronto in the early 1900s, points out the limitations of fixed rail transit.
ReplyDeleteThe limitations are still there. Only the people with vested interests and nostalgia buffs are pushing the return to the past.
Very nice, see you guys at the KC Streetcar expansion groundbreaking.
ReplyDeleteSomeone with vested interests.
ReplyDeleteVery good Patrick. The toot toot will be slowed a little in Omaha. At least they print the truth up there.
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