Mays Street & Old Settlers Park
Which Would Be More Effective?
RECEIVED Thu., Feb. 21, 2008
Dear Editor,
Regarding Katherine Gregor's Feb. 22 cover story promoting light rail [“Working on the Railroad,” News]. In 2006, Capital Metro commissioned a Circulator Alternatives Evaluation Report comparing the Downtown streetcar plan with a bus system of identical alignment and capacity (www.allsystemsgo.capmetro.org/circulator-system.shtml). The consultants refused to analyze cost effectiveness, as is customary. We taxpayers must now decide which would be more cost effective: a $29 million bus system or a $230 million streetcar system?
Regarding Katherine Gregor's Feb. 22 cover story promoting light rail [“Working on the Railroad,” News]. In 2006, Capital Metro commissioned a Circulator Alternatives Evaluation Report comparing the Downtown streetcar plan with a bus system of identical alignment and capacity (www.allsystemsgo.capmetro.org/circulator-system.shtml). The consultants refused to analyze cost effectiveness, as is customary. We taxpayers must now decide which would be more cost effective: a $29 million bus system or a $230 million streetcar system?
Glenn Gaven
