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Originally Posted by Novacek
>75% of the rapid bus lines are outside of the corridor in question. And by the time any rail system could be implemented, it would have been running for almost a decade. And a significant percentage of the federal money went towards rolling stock that could be shifted as necessary to eliminate any possible redundancy with urban rail. The Fed would rightly see that they got their money's worth. It's a non-issue.
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This isn't true. The city admitted it in a TWG meeting. They do not believe they could get Federal funds for at least a few decades after Rapid Bus went in on Lamar/Guadalupe.
And there's only 2 rapid bus lines - one of the two operates on this corridor.