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C-Tran Re-thinks Light Rail Funding Measure | MaxRedline

Sad, isn't it?

Two police officers only doing their job, shot this morning.

Listen, TriMet!

B.R.T. is far less expensive than light rail, which has been coveted by many U.S. cities with growing populations. And many cities can forget about building new underground trains. Costs for building B.R.T. can run $1 million per mile, or per 1.6 kilometers, compared with $1 billion per mile for subways.
U.S. Gets a Lesson From Developing Countries on Buses / NY Times

Wake Me, Shake Me

 It's coming on springtime and things are breaking loose all over the place. I give Saudi Arabia three weeks before it starts to blow up. And even Iran might get the fever. Plan on a staycation this summer and start thinking about that garden because it's not altogether certain that we'll keep up the conveyer belt of Little Debbie Snack Cakes and other staples of the American table into the supernarkets when diesel fuel hit $10 a gallon and the truckers stay home to watch the Kardashian girls. I'm already getting hungry.
CLUSTERFUCK NATION