They built light rail here in the twin cities a few years back. about 13 miles
worth almost 1 billion bucks. I think around 750 million. I don’t know how
profitable it is, I doubt they’d want to publish the numbers. I think it’s a
losing deal. Good luck with it.
Dale, k9vuj
On 18, Mar 2018, at 13:44, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk@hotmail.com> wrote:
They are doing the streetcar thing here in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City tore
out the streetcar tracks sometime after the end of WW II because they had NEVER
turned a profit in all the decades they had been running. I have no idea what
the power source will be, but there will be quite a few miles of overhead
wires. I don't think there is more than one wire being strung, so I guess the
rails are the other side of the circuit.
More political boondoggle spending for pie in the sky stuff, as far as I'm
concerned. I'm just glad I have almost zero reason to go "downtown."
73 de Mac, K2GKK/5
(Since 30 Nov '53)
Oklahoma City, OK
USAF Retired 61-81
FAA Retired 94-10
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From: RFI <rfi-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Wes Stewart via RFI
<rfi@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2018 13:17
To: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: [RFI] Politics and RFI
In downtown Tucson, AZ the worst RFI pollution is caused by... the City of
Tucson.
A few years ago, the whole downtown was dug up and inconvenienced by the
construction of a "Modern Streetcar" which was financed by the US taxpayers to
the tune of $200M from DOT and $4.4M per year operating costs to run a bunch of
empty cars from the U of A campus to downtown.
This is a 750V system with overhead wires (19' high) running throughout
downtown. The buzz on my AM car radio is huge. The fire department was never
consulted and they are appalled at the thought of having to raise a ladder on
these streets.
But Portland Oregon has a street car and the wacky City Council is in love with
Portland, so we had to have one too.
Fat chance trying to get this mess quieted down.
Wes N7WS
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 23:16:49 -0500
From: Joe <nss@mwt.net>
Get the broadcast industry involved?
Even in small towns of like 5000 or
less in population. Downtown, try to
listen to AM radio. You can only hear a
few stations that are strong
enough to get above the noise.
Joe WB9SBD
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