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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 16 June 2015 - 07:14 PM

Opinion in Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, 6/9/15:

 


Embarrassing light-rail statistic shows we should be boosting buses

 

Defenders of light rail in Norfolk must be depressed: A respected public policy organization just ranked it the worst metro rail system nationwide in per-passenger financial losses.

 

That's a terrible moniker, no matter the attempts to justify it. The lousy grade should give pause to supporters of The Tide's extension into Virginia Beach.

 

But who am I kidding?

 

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Posted 16 June 2015 - 07:22 PM

Response to the above, Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, 6/13/15:


RIDE THE BUS. You'll want light rail.

 

 I have to ride Hampton Roads Transit buses, as I do not have the luxury of owning a car. I find it so aggravating that so much of the hoopla surrounding light rail is from those who have the luxury of owning their own cars. They don't have to put up with the filth and bad language of other bus passengers, the rude behaviors of some bus drivers and increases in bus fares.

 

Light rail is a really clean and much-needed, faster mode of transportation. It's a better atmosphere than the one on the buses.

 

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Posted 25 September 2016 - 06:40 AM

 

 

Virginia Beach light rail opposition group holds “Sign Out”

 

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – The group “No Light Rail Virginia Beach” held a “Sign Out” Saturday afternoon to show they don’t support a plan to extend the service to Town Center.

http://wavy.com/2016...holds-sign-out/



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Posted 01 October 2016 - 10:57 AM

 

 

Op-ed: The Underlying Argument of Exclusion in the Light Rail Debate

 

Have you ever been in an argument or a debate with someone who is obviously losing their footing, having no way of recovering, so they pull out the straggliest straw man you’ve ever seen in an attempt to divert the conversation away from the fact that they actually have lost?

http://altdaily.com/...ht-rail-debate/






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