Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Author: Espee2472
Date: 05-22-2017 - 14:44
synonymouse Wrote:
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> Seems a pretty dumb article to me given SMART's
> real world patronage is pure speculation.
>
> Streetcars(?) that much different from LACMTA
> light rail? Caltrain a role model when they
> cannot even get an electrification contract "fix"
> in time?
>
> GGT is the obvious candidate as takeover operator.
> Well after the implosion and with Bosco and NWP
> foamers sidelined. And no more NWP subsidy.
>
> The really big question is whether there is a rich
> guy in Marin disgruntled with SMART and ready to
> bankroll a re-vote. There wasn't one there when
> the sales tax passed so who knows. Perhaps the
> ritchie riches don't care whether tax money is
> blown on marginal ops and money pits so long as it
> is mostly other peoples' money.
SMART should have went the way of
the SD trolley