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Monday, January 16, 2012
TRIMET PLEADS POVERTY BUT THEY SURE GOT $$$ FOR THE PET PROJECTS
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Now hang on here, this was a BUS rider improvement, we should be in shock and awe!
Hey, four bus shelters! According to Neil McFarlane during his "TweetChat" TriMet spent a million bucks on bus stop improvements.
A Million Bucks! Oh My God!!!
Except...I did a little research:
http://www.trimet.org/news/releases/may24-rockwood-opening.htm
May, 2011: $5.3 million dollars spent on the Rockwood MAX station.
http://www.trimet.org/news/releases/2010/dec1-civic-station.htm
December, 2010: $3 million spent on Civic Drive MAX station.
So...$1 million for bus riders...$8.3 million for MAX riders.
Not counting, of course, the solar panel installation downtown, or the various unused bike and ride facilities...
MAX riders got $8 for every $1 bus riders got. Impressive? I think not.
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