Phoenix Light Rail back in the news
Question:
A few months ago, there was a discussion here about rail in the Phoenix area. Now, in yesterday's Arizona Republic was an article on page B1 about the Valley Connections light-rail study. You can read it at http://www.azcentral.com/news/0311lightrail.shtml What do you all think of this article?
Answer:
I found it humiliating, heavily sexual in content and certainly unsuitable for porch-chairs, THE LISPS OF BISBEE, and any and all subsequent offspring-desertions as Barry Goldwater sees fit. Meaning, let's toot-toot. I live in the northwest and Portland has spent a lot of money for light rail. It cost hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars and traffic is as bad as ever. In a spread out area like Phoenix the cost would be astronomical and the fact remains that people like traveling in their own car. The biggest single improvement could cost very little. Teach drivers to "keep to the right except when passing or turning left". If everyone did that, you'd have three lanes moving at maximum efficiency - one around 45, one around 55, and one around 65. City streets would organize much the same, but at lower speeds. The current random speeds in random lanes bottlenecks all but the slowest drivers, and causes accidents when faster drivers repeatedly change lanes.... I am a blind person who is unable to drive a car. I want alternatives to driving a car, and I am willing to pay some in extra taxes. I want a light rail system here in the Phoenix area. Denver has it, and it is a better city. I do not see society moving any closer to embracing mass transit. If only it were reality. Maybe, one day. Until then, we must continue to advocate for our place in this society. I would like to see tax incentives for drivers to provide transportation for the disabled, particularly the blind. Such drivers could get tax credits or deductions.
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