This past week, articles came out in the Tampa Bay Times , WTSP  and Salon.com  regarding Tampa’s “transportation mess.” These journalists appear to agree that Tampa would be a really great city if it were not for its lack of light rail. As an impending Tropical Storm (possibly soon to be upgraded to Hurricane) Isaac, […]

From Atlas Shrugs – Obama’s State Department (Hillary)  Criticizes French Islamic Veil Ban – Perhaps she should be more worried about mayors banning a business like Chick-Fil-A for speaking honestly about their beliefs.  Is this a result of her close relationship with her chief of staff Huma Abedin? From Transportation Expert Wendell Cox – Atlanta […]

Morning Bell: Transportation Secretary wants us to be like Communist China… You know, where a few of the powerful elite make decisions for the masses, like high speed rail and health care.  Democracy be damned, is what he has just said! Obama prepares to drop tax increase bomb on job creators – In another attempt […]

Light rail is being rejected by taxpayers across the country…so why is government so insistent on pushing it against our will? KATU TV News: Vancouver deciding on whether to pass a head tax per employee or raise the sales tax to pay for light rail ….or better yet, BOTH!

Virginia Beach firefighters union opposes light rail – Teachers are also concerned that light rail will cannibalize funds for vital services Bellevue light rail route could put some on the wrong side of the tracks – How would you like a train in your back yard? Do you think that it would affect your property […]

Virginia Beach police groups also say no to light rail – Joined with firefighters One shot at downtown Denver light rail – It happened yesterday at 2:00 pm! One injured after light rail collides with MTA maintenance truck – “Service was delayed for a couple of hours.” Milwaukee light rail line attracts $85 million from […]

Light rail driving up rents in the Ranier Valley – Social engineering does not work! Robbery in Sacramento light-rail parking lot ends in gunfire – Light rail corridors attract crime. What does expensive SWPL light rail attract to the Metropolitan area? – More crime. I am beginning to see a pattern here, how about you?

KOMO News: TUKWILA, Wash. — Police are searching for the brazen thieves who made off with more than four miles of copper wire from Sound Transit’s light rail tracks. Sound Transit officials say the thieves somehow got into the hollow interior of the elevated tracks in Tukwila and, over several months, proceeded to steal roughly […]

New Light Rail Ridership Falls Short By More Than Half “Los Angeles’ brand new $930 million Exposition light rail line is carrying so few riders and bringing in so little revenue that it will, at best, take 65 years for the train to earn back its capital investment (not including ongoing operating costs). If the […]