Re:Leaving NYC for Nashville
by francisofascii on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:55AM
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As for the traffic, you can thank the Koch brothers. Sigh. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/04/26/koch-brothers-and-dar...
Re:Leaving NYC for Nashville
by KZeillmann on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:37AM
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To be fair, the proposal would have raised our already high sales taxes, and those pushing for the proposal didn't do a good job convincing us that it would actually solve our traffic issues.
Re:Leaving NYC for Nashville
by ryanwaggoner on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:07AM
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Don't get me wrong, the Koch brother influence is frustrating, but I didn't get the sense that the Nashville people are really all that interested in public transit.
Re:Leaving NYC for Nashville
by alexhutcheson on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:27PM
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The light rail proposal was shockingly expensive relative the the number of riders it would handle, even by North American cost standards, which are already significantly higher than those in the rest of the world.
A plan with a more reasonable cost/rider probably would have had a much better chance.
Still, it's notable to me that Nashville has committed to long-term traffic: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/what-went-wro... in way that other cities have not. Denver, for example, keeps building out new rail lines: http://www.rtd-denver.com/Fastracks.shtml.