tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post6316069510003344757..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: Austin's Transportation RacePantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-1399087988763456572009-04-28T15:26:00.000-07:002009-04-28T15:26:00.000-07:00Actually, people are in favor of it mostly because...Actually, people are in favor of it mostly because they assume it's going to take people to their offices; most haven't bothered to actually look at where the stations really are on the work end of the trip.<br /><br />I am pretty f-in tired of having to continually call Lyndon Henry on his BS about this being light rail. Would be nice to have some reinforcements.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650370583235985527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-64423381970699855712009-04-28T13:31:00.000-07:002009-04-28T13:31:00.000-07:00Although honestly the commuter rail locations in A...Although honestly the commuter rail locations in Austin are probably most useful for a small subset of people getting back and forth to the mall and grocery store (as the commuter rail actually goes right next to those places).<br /><br />Since no one has ridden it yet, people are probably in favor of it because they see the places it will go (and can't tell yet that it will only go to those place at extremely inconvenient times).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-3358701757094816902009-04-28T12:29:00.000-07:002009-04-28T12:29:00.000-07:00They can't be all equal. All I know is, I would li...They can't be all equal. All I know is, I would like to see more rail transit, but I... well, hold on. Here in Ottawa, the Citizen has dubbed light rail plans plans for "commuter rail".<br /><br />Apparently, not only would it appear that people "do not know the difference between different types of rail services", but that it would appear people don't know the differences (and they exist) between LRT and BRT. I know the differences, and they can't be all equal.Matt Fishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-56708029147830425952009-04-28T06:38:00.000-07:002009-04-28T06:38:00.000-07:00The average US citizen thinks commuter rail is lig...The average US citizen thinks commuter rail is light rail is a subway. They do not know the difference between different types of rail services. <br /><br />Here in Raleigh, WRAL referred to the DMU project that died as "light rail" for years. When Charlotte opened the LYNX LRT, WRAL sent a reporter down to report on the "commuter rail."<br /><br />People want more trains-that's all the poll is saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com