tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post1050470740987211549..comments2023-10-17T05:44:23.781-04:00Comments on COAST - Fighting for the taxpayers, not working against them!: Widespread Agreement Against 3C Snail Rail BoondoggleCOASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-72113321738343488812010-02-12T19:13:04.173-05:002010-02-12T19:13:04.173-05:00Adding a lane of traffic doesn't do anything t...Adding a lane of traffic doesn't do anything to alleviate traffic. Just go and sit on 495 around DC during rush hour. Metro moves more peole for less. Seriously, why does Europe still use rail if it is so "antiquated?" Nostalgia? Nope. It is cheap and saves tons of cash. I will ride the rail every day and read the paper on my I 75 commute rather than be behind the wheel. Cars are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-28863128903240066232010-02-11T00:29:16.505-05:002010-02-11T00:29:16.505-05:00Again,
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Casino tax...Again, <br /><br />Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha<br /><br />Casino tax revenue is already earmarked to play a small part in helping to close the State's $7 BILLION budget gap. <br /><br />Try again, or better yet admit that you have no workable answer and spare us all the embarrasment of pointing out your folly - again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-43868983200576820502010-02-10T17:32:45.666-05:002010-02-10T17:32:45.666-05:00Take the operating costs from the casino tax reven...Take the operating costs from the casino tax revenues.<br /><br />Presumably, you want traffic in both directions on a 3C trip, so that is $800 million to you and $400 million to me.<br /><br />The environmental factors favor rail, and the gasoline costs over time are going to narrow the gap in relative costs.HarCohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461182873868141978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-82027072403711518502010-02-09T11:00:44.158-05:002010-02-09T11:00:44.158-05:00HarCohen -
Why don;t you do the math on where the...HarCohen - <br />Why don;t you do the math on where the operation costs are going to come from? You cant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-55470211102289840802010-02-09T10:21:25.423-05:002010-02-09T10:21:25.423-05:00HarCohen,
If we have to spend $400 million ( and ...HarCohen,<br /><br />If we have to spend $400 million ( and we don't) instead of wasting it on snail rail, an extra lane of highway would be a wiser use. That way any of the 300 million Americans who use one of their 250 million cars could have transportation anytime and anywhere they wanted to! Same goes for trucks, motorcycles, ambulances, fire engines, and mail jeeps.<br /><br />If we blowCOASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-72094688700428298732010-02-09T08:31:26.861-05:002010-02-09T08:31:26.861-05:00The cost of the 3C Corridor is on a par with the l...The cost of the 3C Corridor is on a par with the low-end construction costs of <b>one lane of freeway</b> over the same distance (quoted as $1.5 million per mile).<br /><br />Do the math for a single commuter rather than a family of four and you have a different outcome and pollution levels. Train travel is superior for getting work done compared to driving a car between cities.<br /><br />ThoseHarCohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461182873868141978noreply@blogger.com