Light Rail-More than Just a Train - Honolulu Eyes Light Rail As Savior of Local Economy
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"The light-rail vote was a seminal moment," says Mark Peres, the president and editor of Charlotte Viewpoint, a magazine about culture and civic life. "We were being held hostage by a minority viewpoint. Those people just sort of went away. It's just seismic in its impact."
I believe the parties should explore having the state agency take more direct responsibility for building and paying for transit within urban areas. When the state builds a road, it takes on the burden of coordinating with all the counties it goes through. It buys land, negotiates rights of way and designs and builds a project. Why should transit be any different?
By ALEX MARSHALL
Full Story: http://governing.com/articles/0806trans.htm
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Honolulu Eyes Light Rail As Savior of Local Economy
By Laurie Au lau@starbulletin.com
With plans for a $4 billion light rail system, the city of Honolulu is hoping to boost its economy and create more jobs by contracting a number of smaller firms to do the project's work instead of one big firm.
Full Story: http://starbulletin.com/2008/06/13/news/story06.html
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