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   From: lesliesethhammond@yahoo.com   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:08964dc8-b831-4f2b-918e-eca28c3988e6@w3g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...   
   > Despite all the comments received at public   
   > meetings to the contrary, Valley Metro is   
   > ruining a lot of its routes (the Red Line worst   
   > of all) because, VM claims, they are subsumed   
   > by light rail.  Downtown Tempe, until now a   
   > transit-lover's paradise, will be ruined, as a   
   > number of routes will no longer come there   
   > (e.g., 56 will go to the Priest/Washington   
   > light rail station).  In other words, the only   
   > effect of light rail is to require MORE   
   > transfers and provide LESS convenience   
   > to riders.  Makes the whole big light rail   
   > boondoggle not worth the money, doesn't it?   
   >   
   > -- Jeffrey J. Sargent   
      
   The average speed of all US light rail systems is still 12 mph.  Bicycles   
   are faster.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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