 Texas Politics - METRORail I am compelled to nominate Houston's METRORail for the Rube Goldberg Award for a 1/2-Billion Dollar "Transit Backbone" System's unique way to take cars off the roads, the Hard Way . . . . Read the rest of Tom's e-mail here. August 8, 2004 Aug. 8, 2004,
1:37AM MetroRail ridership rose by nearly 11 percent in July, the Metropolitan Transit Authority reported Friday. Passenger counters logged an average of 29,570 daily boardings last month. July's count brings the average number of weekday train riders to 2 1/2 times more than when the Main Street light rail line debuted in January. Metro has set a goal of 35,000 daily riders by year's end. Read Tom Bazan's E-mail in response to this blurb in the Chronicle. Subject: METRORail CONTINUES FREE FARES ANOTHER TEN DAYS
- TAXPAYERS SHORTCHANGED AGAIN Subject: Was the METRORail Opertator "Speeding"
in this pedestrian dense stretch of Main Street? Subject: HOUSTON TAXPAYERS ARE BEING SET UP TO BE SHORT
CHANGED AGAIN July 3, 2004,
12:38AM Tom's e-mail asks the question about METRORail Collision #48 - Why Now Does METRO Start Admitting To Tram Operator Error? July 1, 2004, 12:05AM MetroRail ridership rises
in June Tom Bazan's e-mail response to this article, METRO IS QUICK TO CROW OVER THE "ILLUSION" OF INCREASED RIDERSHIP ON THE TRAM - Thu, 1 Jul 2004 05:03:32 -0500 A second e-mail - Comments on the METRO Story of July 1, 2004 - Thu, 01 Jul 2004 07:05:53 -0600 (MDT) 11:19 AM CDT
on Thursday, June 24, 2004 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, THE PRO RAIL LEMMINGS DO NOT SEEM TO CARE HOW MUCH OF OUR TAX MONEY IS SQUANDERED ON BOONDOGGLE RAIL! Who's watching
out for whom? METRO FARE BOX REVENUE CONTINUES TO PLUMMET. E-mail from Tom Bazan, plus link to Proof of Purchase for METRORail) It appears
that METRO is trying to out do Boston and their $14.6 billion+
"Big Dig" transit project. The question is will Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison, with her unquestioning support for any
rail project, be an enabler for a Transit Authority that should
be on a Twelve-Step Program? METRO seems addicted to the euphoria
of costly rail projects. One might ask "Just how many of
our tax dollars will METRO be allowed to squander feeding this
addiction? June 23, 2004, 6:36AM Here's your chance to sound off on subway
proposal Take a tour:
Explore
Houston's new light rail system. Read Tom's thoughts on the matter - E-mail June 23, 2004. . .METRORail Set to Propose $200+ Million/Mile Subway Segments!!! METRO light rail involved in accident #47
Tuesday afternoon Tuesday's accident at the intersection of Alabama and Main was the 47th wreck involving a METRO light rail train. A Tuesday afternoon wreck marks accident number 47 for METRO's light rail. METRORail Train Collides With Truck On Tracks June 21st - Read Tom Bazan's E-mail comments - METRORail Collision #46 - Uncertain Number of Riders June 16, 2004, 1:07AM Read tom Bazan's comments in his latest e-mail on the BOONDOGGLE. Rain and rail don't relate Click to watch video June 8, 2004 Comments by Tom Bazan: Wham-Bam-Tram Ram Counter The Houston
Chronicle seems to have missed this story. Tom Bazan - Looking out for you. Rail expansion proponents fear stall MIAMI -- Expansion of Houston's light rail line, along with other systems nationwide, could be delayed if Congress fails to complete action this year on a politically charged transportation funding bill, rail system operators warned Monday. . . . . read the rest of the story online. Tom Bazan's comments on the above article: The unelected and unaccountable METRO Bureaucrats are afraid that the flood of federal pork funds might not arrive, oh my! Transit agencies might be forced to raise fares! Since METRO's fare box recovery dropped every year under the "Transit Queen" DeLibero's watch, totaling over -15%, I thought METRO's ultimate goal was to just make the Tram a "Free Fare" novelty ride. I did notice the postage stamp-sized blurb mentioning rail accident #43 (see link below). Tom Bazan Driver ticketed
in 43rd crash on rail system A motorist was ticketed Monday for disregarding a no-left-turn sign, resulting in the 43rd collision between a vehicle and a Metropolitan Transit Authority light rail train. . . . . read the last paragraph online. Bus and rail
commuters adjust to big switch Metro route
changes Tom's e-mail response - At The
Hands of Bureaucrats Danger closes route to
downtown Tom's e-mail response to the Houston
Chronicle article - May 20,
2004, 8:35PM Prior to last November's vote on the Metropolitan Transit Authority's long-range mobility plan, Metro Solutions, members of Harris County Commissioners Court touted commuter rail as a better option than light rail. The county paid for a feasibility study. After a majority of voters said they indeed want more light rail, court members said commuter rail still could serve as a valuable component of a regional mobility system. . . . read the rest of the story online. Tom's e-mail response and challenge to the Houston Chronicle. Saturday, May 15, 2004 Metro says
light rail safety measures are working We've seen it again and again -- motorists drive past a light rail train, then make an illegal left turn, wrecking both their car and the train. . . . Read the rest of the story online. Read Tom's
e-mail response. Subject: IS THIS NOT THE INDICTMENT OF THE METRORAIL WASTEFUL,
DANGEROUS SYSTEM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE HELPED FORCE ON THE TAXPAYERS Let's take a walk back in time . . . . Read the Houston
Chronicle "Secret
MEMO"
and the Memo on Metro "A
Houston odyssey: DeLay, Lanier and light rail " Tom's E-mail
. . . . April 19, 2004,
8:46PM Texas Public Information
Act Request - METRO funds Can't We All Just
Get Along? Who was Lysenko ? What was Lysenkoism ? by Helena Sheehan E-mail comments
by Tom Bazan Sun,
18 Apr 2004 02:44:06 -0500: April 17, 2004, 11:19PM Two people aboard a MetroRail train were injured today when a motorist failed to stop at a red light and collided with the train, Metropolitan Transit Authority officials said. . . . read the rest of the story online. [Comments by Tom Bazan Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:23:06 -0500 - A FEW REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS SURROUND METRORail's 35th "REPORTED" ACCIDENT] April 17, 2004, 2:33AM Tom's Looking out for YOU! Environmentalists' Urban
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