Ride the Rails in Austin

Rails in Austin, we will be seeing computer rail service between Leander and downtown Austin. Good Idea? Umm I don’t think so. Computer rail has been a long time coming to central Texas, and there are many questions about riding the trains. The authors of this plan figured that it's better to have a very poor rail configuration than none at all. Me: I'd rather hold out and do things right, once. I believe this line is a great disservice to the city, the region, and to the long-term prospect of light rail. Shame. Well, at least the seven people who work at the convention center and live in Leander will get something out of it. A toast to them! There are two points I think which should be mention, first: if rail is such a hot idea just charge customers, the ones who benefit, THE REAL COST OF A TICKET. It’s simply unfair to load the impact of a subsidized fare on the backs of taxpayers. Second: If you would be willing to construct a special, stand alone highway, with its own bridges and underpasses, paint two gold lines down the middle of it, allow ONLY buses to use it, even on Sundays when traffic is light, IT WOULD BE LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN. The only thing that would make rail transport different than this bus alternative is the incredible high cost for the rail cars and the fact that said inflexible cars could not branch out and drop off riders at their real destinations. 105 million dollars! The rail will run 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the afternoon only! No nights or weekends. Hey, let's ride the rail to Leander hat a fun. It’s a sad day thing taxpayers. This is a classic waste of tax dollars and government. mismanagement. So I strongly believe this is not a good plan and I will never ride a train in Austin.