That so many people were absolutely stuck, with no means of going anywhere because of one short interruption in the service of just one airline, should be the wake-up call for politicians across this country.
Our city would not exist as it does today if not for a historic tax agreement with the rail lines.
In brief, our city gave the rail lines a 100-year tax amnesty. That amnesty lapsed about 20 years ago, but what did our city do? They renewed the tax agreement.
So we have rail lines all over our city, which costs us literally billions per year so that we can build and maintain infrastructure over top and underneath these fucking rail lines.
Meanwhile, we build a completely new bus rapid transit system adjacent to many of these lines, which costs manyfold billions more than… if we had “kicked out” the rail companies & repurposed the existing lines for public transit.
Our city would not exist as it does today if not for a historic tax agreement with the rail lines.
In brief, our city gave the rail lines a 100-year tax amnesty. That amnesty lapsed about 20 years ago, but what did our city do? They renewed the tax agreement.
So we have rail lines all over our city, which costs us literally billions per year so that we can build and maintain infrastructure over top and underneath these fucking rail lines.
Meanwhile, we build a completely new bus rapid transit system adjacent to many of these lines, which costs manyfold billions more than… if we had “kicked out” the rail companies & repurposed the existing lines for public transit.