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General Topics => Off Topic => Topic started by: changemyoil66 on July 01, 2024, 08:41:25 AM
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News was live at the station today. No one entering or exiting. No one waiting for the cars. No one on the cars. Comrade Rick was there too. This was a few segments starting from 7am-8am.
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News was live at the station today. No one entering or exiting. No one waiting for the cars. No one on the cars. Comrade Rick was there too. This was a few segments starting from 7am-8am.
The rail that goes to nowhere.....
And that no one will ride.
Today's news is just one big shibai.
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https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/07/02/1-city-leaders-say-skyline-is-toddler-with-lots-potential-some-growing-up-do/
A year after launching the first segment of Skyline, city officials are happy with its performance — even though ridership is covering a tiny fraction of the rail line’s costs.
But rail leaders insist, once they’ve built more, the riders will come.
Public transit systems never pay for themselves. Experts say in typical cities, fares only cover about 20% of the costs — with taxpayers contributing about 80%.
With the added cost of Skyline, Honolulu’s bus and rail system is falling well short of that.
Even so, city and rail leaders are proud of getting rail running efficiently after so many years of delays and cost overruns. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said it was difficult to meet the expectations of the federal government.
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What was it the other day. News said it's costing $100 and a chunk of change per rider.
Woo hoo. Rail is the answer to our prayers.
But almost every person on Oahu is saying "YOU ride the rail. Not me.
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Happy Scammiversary!