(09-14-2018 04:33 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(09-13-2018 04:04 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

(09-12-2018 06:22 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(09-12-2018 06:02 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  Albuquerque Rapid Transit

A complete waste of taxpayer dollars. It was suppose to begin running this year, but do to wrong platform heights the Chinese buses do not line up with the bus stops. Plus a host of other problems.

w/o doing the due....why in the hell would the 'que need this....

I've spent many a moon in the phoenix/glendale/scottsdale area....

maybe the layout in the 'que is different, but that region is as easy of a sw urban center to navigate as it gets...

what was the logic and why/how was it funded????

We didn't need it. Most residents have opposed it.

It runs up and down Central, which is also historic Route 66 through ABQ. It was payed with taxpayer dollars that usually go to roads. Then some of the cost was reimbursed by the feds. More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque_Rapid_Transit

What is really stupid, is the stops (that they call stations) are in the medians of the road. No matter who is mayor, the city has wanted a light rail. This is the precursor to getting one. Most of central is the sketchy part of ABQ. Several of the stops have already been trashed.

Its typical New Mexican. Our politicians look around at cities in other states and think we need to have this or that to compete and keep up with them. Even when we don't have the numbers, whether its population or ridership. Mayor's and theirs staffs from other cities that have similar transportation services have told us how good it will be for us.

This is just as bad as the rail runner the state put in. Only generates $3 million a year in revenue, yet cost $26 million to operate.

when civil engineering goes wrong, one can only shake their head, go to the city council meeting, and point out in specifics why they won't get my vote in the next election b/c they're an econ spending dipshite....

it's even more fonzies when you down a few toddies beforehand and chime in right before uber arrives....

#exitstageleft