tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post7282772345910102183..comments2023-05-11T04:57:33.365-07:00Comments on Trees For Lunch: High Speed Rail, whatever that is..Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-3459605572345555672011-03-08T18:28:00.103-08:002011-03-08T18:28:00.103-08:00"You know the adage, "When you're in..."You know the adage, "When you're in a hole, stop digging"? TriMet has revised it to: "When you're in a hole, build more light rail." Despite its financial distress, TriMet now plans to build another MAX line, its most expensive yet. Construction is slated to begin this summer on a segment connecting Portland and Milwaukie, a sleepy town of 20,000. The price tag: $1.5 billion. As the line would stretch only 7.3 miles, the cost per mile would be a little more than $200 million. The federal government has agreed to foot half the bill, and TriMet plans to fund most of the rest by floating $724 million in bonds.<br /><br />Alaska's Bridge to Nowhere has met its match: this is the Light Rail to Nowhere." <a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/08/portland-going-nowhere" rel="nofollow">Link</a>J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-73605968807047704972011-02-26T18:42:37.789-08:002011-02-26T18:42:37.789-08:00Considering the escalating prices of imported gas ...Considering the escalating prices of imported gas from countries that hate us, some form of high speed rail or electric powered golf carts may become the most economical means of transportation in the near future for commuting.photogrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149737419546300220noreply@blogger.com