Channel 4 Story on High Speed Rail
As I wrote yesterday, I was going to be on Channel 4 to discuss a high speed rail proposal that Governor Richardson and Sen. Tom Udall are eying. The story led off the 6pm news and my interview was the bulk of the story.
Check it out here.
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New Mexico is not getting High Speed Rail, at least not soon!
Last week I wrote about my appearance on Channel 4’s News on the topic of “high-speed rail.” Of course, when government officials discuss rail in a “high-speed” context, some inevitably get stars in their eyes and believe that this means 150 mph or more.
Blogger Heath Haussamen makes this mistake in his weekly blog roundup [...]
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Channel 4 Story on High Speed Rail
As I wrote yesterday, I was going to be on Channel 4 to discuss a high speed rail proposal that Governor Richardson and Sen. Tom Udall are eying. The story led off the 6pm news and my interview was the bulk of the story.
Check it out here.
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High Speed Rail: Another Boondoggle for New Mexico?
Governor Richardson and Sen. Tom Udall held a press conference today to discuss efforts to bring “high speed rail” to New Mexico. According to the two of them, “New Mexico, Colorado and Texas could receive up to $5 million from the Federal Railroad Administration under the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 to [...]
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Denver’s Streetcar/Light Rail Horror Story
There are so many stories out there about rail systems that over-promise, under-deliver, and go way over budget. Denver is one major city that unwisely passed major tax hikes (with voter approval) to pay for a train system. In that city’s case, the train is called FasTracks. Unfortunately, although not unpredictably, as was written up [...]
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High Speed Rail: Railroading New Mexico Taxpayers
The Rio Grande Foundation has introduced a new study from prominent transportation expert Randal O’Toole who has analyzed the limited positive impact high speed rail will have on Americans and New Mexicans in particular in terms of mobility and the tremendous impact such “investments” will have on taxpayers. Read more in the study release here.
The [...]
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John Charles Presentation now available online
Recently, John Charles visited Albuquerque and presented on the drawbacks of Portland’s transportation and land use model. His powerpoint presentation is available here. As if to validate the timeliness of this presentation and the fact that many policymakers consider Portland to be the model for the rest of America, columnist George Will, writing in [...]
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MRCOG: Moving in the right direction?
In today’s Albuquerque Journal, I was rather perplexed to see the headline ‘Light Rail’ on rubber about the latest efforts by our friends at MRCOG to put more Albuquerque-area residents into transit while removing them from their cars. My first thought was “They just won’t leave this trolley issue alone!”
Then I read the story and [...]
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High Speed Rail: Another Obama Boondoggle
We at the Rio Grande Foundation have been harshly critical of both the Albuquerque Streetcar and the Rail Runner. It is not because we have an irrational hatred for trains, rather it is the burdens these projects place on taxpayers. After all, while roads and airlines are largely self-sufficient (and I’d be happy to [...]
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The Streetcar that Won’t Die
Back in 2006, the Albuquerque City Council tried to pull a fast one on the voters by passing a streetcar system into law on the night before a big Congressional election. While there has been no public push for the streetcar since then on the part of elected officials, Councilor Isaac Benton has not let [...]
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