Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership
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The same thing would be true here in Austin IF we had a Light Rail line that ran out to the multiple Hi-Tech Campuses that are growing like weeds here!
The one line we do have, the Billion Dollar Red-Line, runs from downtown out into the far NW burbs where the Car is King, and people wouldn't be caught dead riding on a train even though the Roads in that area are Gridlocked most of the time.
The ridership on weekends and during Special Events ( tourists) dwarfs the number of commuters that ride it during the week.
Last fall we had an election to build two more Light Rail Lines, but our leaders stupidly packaged it with building more toll roads, and the voters, led by NIMBYS, tea-baggers and the anti- everything crowd overwhelmingly voted it down! (even though all the Big Employers,Activists and Environmentalists supported it!)
Perhaps Austin's reputation as a Progressive City is changing as we expierence overwhelming growth?!!!
The one line we do have, the Billion Dollar Red-Line, runs from downtown out into the far NW burbs where the Car is King, and people wouldn't be caught dead riding on a train even though the Roads in that area are Gridlocked most of the time.
The ridership on weekends and during Special Events ( tourists) dwarfs the number of commuters that ride it during the week.
Last fall we had an election to build two more Light Rail Lines, but our leaders stupidly packaged it with building more toll roads, and the voters, led by NIMBYS, tea-baggers and the anti- everything crowd overwhelmingly voted it down! (even though all the Big Employers,Activists and Environmentalists supported it!)
Perhaps Austin's reputation as a Progressive City is changing as we expierence overwhelming growth?!!!
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