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Tobra is right on many points. One problem is the legislature has not spent tax money designated for transportation on traffic circulation/transportation and maintenance issues. But we keep voting the bums into office, and they keep spending the money on their pet projects and programs - and it amounts to billions.
One thing is that the public transportation system is hell to use. Many years ago when I was going to the university, I took the bus to school for a week while my car was being fixed. It took me THREE hours to get there because of the circuitous and time consuming routes the bus took. It only took me 25 minutes by car. Every time I think about using public transportation, I think about that and stay in my car.
But here they are talking about spending something like 45% of the transportation money on public transportation, while only 2% of the people use it. That takes away from road building and improvements further.
I've taken subways in other big cities in the country and it was good. I've riden public transportation in foreign cities and it was fast and efficient. You just got on a bus on the street you wanted to go down until you changed bus to another direction you wanted to go. I never understood why it couldn't be like that here.
End of rant!
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Marv Evans
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