At last! Someone who apparently agrees with our position in the public transportation discussion. An opinion column in the morning paper a couple of days ago by a gentleman identified as senior vice-president of an architect-engineering firm mirrors what we have proposed for some time.
One sentence in the column provides the essence of the entire predicament. The author says, "In terms of time and funding, IndyGo and its riders have to accept what’s left over after other matters are addressed." We would like to have been able to state the problem as succinctly as he has.
The gentleman has laid out the problem very directly. The primary and most important part of the public transit equation is getting residents of the city of Indianapolis who must - or given a reasonable choice, would - travel by bus in everyday cross-town travels.
In a 16-inch column, the words "rapid transit" and "light rail" appear only once. We interpret this to mean that the author agrees with our position that establishment of iron-clad priorities is essential before we start increasing the tax load and/or writing checks from an estimated fund of $2 billion. (He does not say this, but we will. This means that special/rapid/express services between "stadium and Palladium" are somewhere down the list of urgent projects.)
Could we maybe get the mayoral candidates to debate this rather than how to run the educational system?
An aside.
We have not seen any pictures and we were just wondering. Hopefully, none of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters at the statehouse were wearing Colts or Pacers gear. Were there any signs asking for "free tickets?" After all, here’s a chance to protest a local situation of tax dollars bailing out millionaire business owners. The numbers may be a little smaller but surely they indicate corporate greed as well as anything in New York!
At least until they change the name, maybe we could call the movement "Occupy Georgia Street!"
My younger brother lived in San Francisco and he stated it was better to take the bus around town then either the Bart or the trolley's. The bus had more stops and would normally get you closer to your destination. My vote is spend the money on Indy Go. Way more bang for the buck!
Posted by: guy77money | October 13, 2011 at 07:57 PM