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In the Seattle area, the local government insists on ripping up the tracks to create urban "trails".
In the Seattle area, the local government insists on ripping up the tracks to create urban "trails".
My armchair perspective of this is that rails-to-trails is a federally-sanctioned move and adding transit use to those rails is both difficult and politically hard. It is difficult because leaving the rails as-is means small rail operators like Ballard Terminal will insist on still being able to run one freight train a week so that means transit has to compete for time slots and the operating agency has to buy FRA mi…
In the Seattle area, the local government insists on ripping up the tracks to create urban "trails".
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In the Seattle area, the local government insists on ripping up the tracks to create urban "trails".
In the Seattle area, the local government insists on ripping up the tracks to create urban "trails".
My armchair perspective of this is that rails-to-trails is a federally-sanctioned move and adding transit use to those rails is both difficult and politically hard. It is difficult because leaving the rails as-is means small rail operators like Ballard Terminal will insist on still being able to run one freight train a week so that means transit has to compete for time slots and the operating agency has to buy FRA mi…
Yes, even the subways in NYC were built and operated by private companies (there were two, and they competed).
The public transit system used to be privately owned and operated. Then the cities took over and kicked out the private sector. Now we have terrible public transit. Yes, even the subways in NYC were built and operated by private companies (there were two, and they competed).
All comes down to priorities and fairness. Majority of governments and companies don’t have either
In the Seattle area, the local government insists on ripping up the tracks to create urban "trails".
The public transit system used to be privately owned and operated. Then the cities took over and kicked out the private sector. Now we have terrible public transit. Yes, even the subways in NYC were built and operated by private companies (there were two, and they competed).
I don’t think this is an adequate complete explanation.