Minnesota Fair-goers Thrilled with Sky-Web Transit -- http://www.evworld.com/databases/shownews.cfm?pageid=news310803-07
Posted on Sun, Aug. 31, 2003 SkyWeb Express Futuristic transit system BY BOB SHAW Pioneer Press http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/special_packages/minnesot a_state_fair/6653111.htm EXCERPT: [And, unlike any other kind of mass transit, it would be run by a private business, licensed just as a private power company is. He would need government permission to build the tracks, but no tax dollars.] FOLLOWED A LITTLE LATER BY: [Anderson is caught in a Catch-22. Cities won't buy unproven technology, but only a city-sized demonstration can prove it. But Duluth, Minn., may help out. Rob Stenberg, president of the City Council, said his city might agree to help build a half-mile demonstration track with about $5 million in public and private money.] COMMENT: Private mass transit does not exist in the Twin Cities because a [NO TAX DOLLARS] claim is usually followed by a real version of [CITIES WON'T BUY] and demonstration projects will only cost [$5 MILLION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MONEY]. A valid business plan should allow the city councils of Minneapolis or St Paul or any other city to authorize the private construction of a private business. NO TAX DOLLARS means NO TAX DOLLARS. If we use tax dollars to build a system, it is a public not a private system. An elevated system would be a good match for either a University Avenue or a Transfer Road corridor from Minneapolis to St Paul through the University and the Midway. A street level system would make existing traffic worse. Thanks. John O'Neal Shenanigans Watch Northeast Minneapolis [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
