Comments on: What light rail will do for Detroit http://www.rethinkdetroit.org/2010/02/15/what-light-rail-will-do-for-detroit/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Retrofitting Detroit: Filling in the blanks | Rethink Detroit http://www.rethinkdetroit.org/2010/02/15/what-light-rail-will-do-for-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Retrofitting Detroit: Filling in the blanks | Rethink Detroit Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:54:26 +0000 http://www.rethinkdetroit.org/?p=156#comment-499 [...] but you may be at a loss if you need, say, a pair of socks, or new kitchen supplies. With the introduction of light rail and the continued influx of people, many of these gaps will be filled in coming years. The most [...] [...] but you may be at a loss if you need, say, a pair of socks, or new kitchen supplies. With the introduction of light rail and the continued influx of people, many of these gaps will be filled in coming years. The most [...]

]]> By: Sam Burkeen http://www.rethinkdetroit.org/2010/02/15/what-light-rail-will-do-for-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Sam Burkeen Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:52:02 +0000 http://www.rethinkdetroit.org/?p=156#comment-371 I grew up in Detroit in the 50's and 60's, even rode on the street cars, worked as a stock boy in J L Hudson when I was in HS. It was a great city, but it is way past time to face reality, and I did not see much of that in the expert commentary. Spain has now pulled the plug on its subsidies. Unemployment is about 18%. Greece just got bailed out by the IMF to the tune of $1T, and Spain may follow. California and Illinois are in the top ten countries and states most likely to go bankrupt in the near future. The so-called healthcare reform bill has pushed the present value unfunded liabilities of the Federal government from $108T to over $130T. What this means is that commitments have been made that cannot be kept and resources have been squandered on an unprecedented scale, and I am referring to government spending and government policy. A light rail system is not going to save Detroit to resemble what it was in 1940. Tear down the vacant buildings, and if you can avoid imploding financially provide some kind of modest transportation for the poor. If you think the Chinese and the rest of the sovereign wealth funds are going to keep financing Federal and state wish list follies, which are described here, then you really must be smoking something. And apparently as mentioned here, we are behind the Europeans once again. Judging by the G20 meeting the Europeans are now more terrified of defaulting on their debt than borrowing more money to build wind mills and high speed trains. In five years we will be at the same cross roads, and there is no Henry Ford in sight. I grew up in Detroit in the 50′s and 60′s, even rode on the street cars, worked as a stock boy in J L Hudson when I was in HS. It was a great city, but it is way past time to face reality, and I did not see much of that in the expert commentary. Spain has now pulled the plug on its subsidies. Unemployment is about 18%. Greece just got bailed out by the IMF to the tune of $1T, and Spain may follow. California and Illinois are in the top ten countries and states most likely to go bankrupt in the near future. The so-called healthcare reform bill has pushed the present value unfunded liabilities of the Federal government from $108T to over $130T. What this means is that commitments have been made that cannot be kept and resources have been squandered on an unprecedented scale, and I am referring to government spending and government policy. A light rail system is not going to save Detroit to resemble what it was in 1940. Tear down the vacant buildings, and if you can avoid imploding financially provide some kind of modest transportation for the poor. If you think the Chinese and the rest of the sovereign wealth funds are going to keep financing Federal and state wish list follies, which are described here, then you really must be smoking something. And apparently as mentioned here, we are behind the Europeans once again. Judging by the G20 meeting the Europeans are now more terrified of defaulting on their debt than borrowing more money to build wind mills and high speed trains. In five years we will be at the same cross roads, and there is no Henry Ford in sight.

]]> By: john http://www.rethinkdetroit.org/2010/02/15/what-light-rail-will-do-for-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-57 john Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:35:20 +0000 http://www.rethinkdetroit.org/?p=156#comment-57 What about dedicated bus rapid transit ? Cheaper and more cost effective. In fact a major artery like Woodward is ideal for this mode of transport. We can learn from the experience of Ottawa and Pittsburgh What about dedicated bus rapid transit ? Cheaper and more cost effective. In fact a major artery like Woodward is ideal for this mode of transport. We can learn from the experience of Ottawa and Pittsburgh

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