A Look at BRT: The Kansas City MAX

[thelakelander]

Tampa doesn't know what their actual plan will be or how much it will really cost.  However, they want people to agree to tax themselves for it first. 

[CS Foltz]

Based on that scenario.............I would bet the proposal will fail! No one will willingly tax themselves, in any way, without a picture or plan laid out to digest! stjr ......I agree with your points! I could live with an additional tax, split up the way it was discussed, but would like something to see, touch and smell before making that decision......stops was not mentioned nor the bldg/infrastructure for the stops!

[thelakelander]

Wow, nice quote from Nat Ford in this 2010 Metro Jacksonville article on BRT:

"Streetcars do more for economic development than buses.  Rail projects are very expensive but tend to be permanent. And you get the economic development around stops that you normally don't see with bus operations."

Nathaniel Ford - Executive Director of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-aug-a-look-at-brt-the-kansas-city-max