Article View: la.transportation
Article #287Re: Downtown L.A. trolleys?
From: Tom Wetzel
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:44
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:44
42 lines
2982 bytes
2982 bytes
SlipperySlope wrote in message <3CC4F7EE.22D18517@zip.net>... > >BeHappy wrote: > >> One possible significant benefit of going with dusting off and sprucing up >> the old Redcar Tunnel.. is for cultural value.. and in terms of economics.. >> It could be a very significant tourist attraction(in addition to providing >> additional public transit resources) The old redcar is a loved topic of >> conversation among people that have rode on it. Bringing it back would be >> like LA getting the "cable car of San Francisco". >> > >You need to get past the "novelty brings in the viewers will overcome the >costs"...... > >The cable-cars in S.F. *supposedly* lures in the crowds?.... BUT AT WHAT COST? > >I DARE someone to show me the "tax revenues" that the cable-cars have >*supposedly* brought to San Francisco has outweighed the costs burdens to San >Francisco/THE PUBLIC over the last 50 years PARTICULARLY FACTORING THE COSTS - >CARRIED MAINLY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - OF THE *****MASSIVE REBUILDING***** >OF THE MID-80S! > >THEN, someone please show me that the costs of operating them over the last >several decades as a "quaint relic" has NOT costs San Francisco MORE than what >these "quaint relics" has brought in revenue..."tourists revenue tax" OR >OTHERWISE...... Actually the cable cars are very close to covering their costs of operation from fares, due to the high tourist fare. Tom Wetzel
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<aa4hih$9rh$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed0.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mailReferences:
<Aj6q8.18027$VQ2.6463974@twister.socal.rr.com> <G67q8.937$md7.466263@newshog.newsread.com> <m89q8.16539$zN.5917584@twister.socal.rr.com> <QGdq8.1775$zZ2.119072@news1.west.cox.net> <QSdq8.16903$zN.6322928@twister.socal.rr.com> <pBeq8.998$Wb.845252@monger.newsread.com> <a8djv0$6dg$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <SFPq8.554$Hc6.81493@news1.west.cox.net> <SPPq8.20683$zN.8145482@twister.socal.rr.com> <c23229fd.0204032233.34b7779b@posting.google.com> <a8o5kl$f43$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> <b0Ju8.3035$MM2.1212304@news1.news.adelphia.net> <3CC4F7EE.22D18517@zip.net>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd3ff,86ae5d0d1a789eb7 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd3ff,public X-Google-Thread: f59f9,b6f31afc9d38b0e1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf59f9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-23 13:53:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed0.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: "Tom Wetzel" <tlwetzel@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: la.transportation,ba.transportation Subject: Re: Downtown L.A. trolleys? Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:44:47 -0700 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 44 Message-ID: <aa4hih$9rh$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> References: <Aj6q8.18027$VQ2.6463974@twister.socal.rr.com> <G67q8.937$md7.466263@newshog.newsread.com> <m89q8.16539$zN.5917584@twister.socal.rr.com> <QGdq8.1775$zZ2.119072@news1.west.cox.net> <QSdq8.16903$zN.6322928@twister.socal.rr.com> <pBeq8.998$Wb.845252@monger.newsread.com> <a8djv0$6dg$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <SFPq8.554$Hc6.81493@news1.west.cox.net> <SPPq8.20683$zN.8145482@twister.socal.rr.com> <c23229fd.0204032233.34b7779b@posting.google.com> <a8o5kl$f43$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net> <b0Ju8.3035$MM2.1212304@news1.news.adelphia.net> <3CC4F7EE.22D18517@zip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.d0.1e X-Server-Date: 23 Apr 2002 20:52:33 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3