STA/Spokane voters to consider ETB
#1
Posted 31 March 2015 - 03:22 PM
No doubt, Evergreen and Lightning will have some insightful commentary on the matter .
Sloan
#2
Posted 31 March 2015 - 04:38 PM
Insider Online, 3/30/15:
Spokane Transit Authority’s (STA) Proposition 1 would increase the sales tax in most of Spokane Country to 9 percent, and STA’s portion of said sales tax would jump by 50 percent. Proposition 1 includes a $72 million, six-mile long electric trolley plan for downtown Spokane. In addition, taxpayers would pay at least $4.1 million a year to operate the trolley
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#3
Posted 31 March 2015 - 04:42 PM
I added another item to this topic with some links to the source, and also moved this thread from Rail Transit to the Miscellaneous Travel Items forum because this is Electric Trolley Bus, not electric trolley... accent on the B Word.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#4
Posted 31 March 2015 - 05:26 PM
Column in Spokane, WA Journal, 3/12/15:
STA trolley proposal doesn’t track
For years, lovable TV host Mr. Rogers would invite children to jump on board the trolley and go into the ‘land of make believe.’ The low-tech studio prop wasn’t six miles long and it didn’t cost taxpayers $72 million, but it was a journey full of valuable lessons.
Many Spokane residents may have experienced childhood flashbacks to those “beautiful days in the neighborhood” when Spokane Transit Authority officials recently announced plans for their own electric trolley. But even kindly Mr. Rogers would have trouble selling this proposal.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#5
Posted 02 April 2015 - 12:19 AM
KK is correct--it's not a streetcar, it's I guess what we call in Seattle a trolleybus. Nice looking, but not the "real deal". At least OUR trolleybuses use honest-to-goodness catenary. I'm jaded--no rails, no interest. Spokane has rejected rails over the past few years. So be it.
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