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Old Posted Apr 23, 2012, 1:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mello View Post
Here in San Diego we are struggling to get an 8 mile extension of an existing light rail line built that mostly runs along a Amtrak/freight right of way. This crucial project has been postponed and will not be completed until 2018. Meanwhile LA County passed Measure R and seems to have reaped an "InstaRailBoom."

For those of you not familiar with Measure R it is a half cent sales tax in the county that is funding all of the lines currently under construction there. To me this seems like a no brainer, why aren't other US cities copying the LA model on this one?
Most people will point to the fact that LRT can not sustain itself, and is a "boondoggle". To get the sales tax increase support you need to win the voters over, and the voters -- right or wrong -- need to understand the true ST and LT benefits and implications of having a REGIONAL rail network.
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