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ktxhopem3276 t1_j5hqmxt wrote

Reply to comment by Trooper-Man1776 in If only.. by metracta

The county is going to put most transit funding toward bus lanes since we already have decent dedicated bus ways. Building a comprehensive light rail network would cost around $10 billion dollars and the state republicans prefer to build highways instead. There are two trolly extensions under consideration - northward to Bellevue or Ross.

Page 54 has the map of future projects

https://nextransitdraftplan.blob.core.windows.net/finalplan/NEXTransit%20-%20FINAL-web%209-16-21.pdf

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j5jnvxi wrote

Instead, we're spending $1.3b to add eight miles to the Mon-Fayette expressway, a highway to nowhere serving nobody that was planned out in the early eighties. What a fuckin' disgrace.

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ktxhopem3276 t1_j5join9 wrote

Yes I agree. It’s mostly due to state and federal politics. Republicans don’t give funding to democrat cities and counties to build mass transit.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j5jpp6h wrote

Which is ironic because those "democrat cities" are where most of the economy is. Philadelphia + the collar counties have a larger economy than every rural county in this state combined.

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ktxhopem3276 t1_j5js5tp wrote

Yeah it’s really sad. You would think the party of capitalism would be in favor of building infrastructure in productive locations but owning the libs comes above all else.

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