Building more and more roads will exacerbate congestion rather than relieve it. Nuclear power will be too cheap to meter and light rail is going to cost a fortune and won't have any profound effect for decades. Equating these two, and there is not very much identical between them, is the same as equating any two major civic projects. I'm sure there are some that would happily do that, arguing that our city has screwed up most major projects it has undertaken. There's an argument to be made there, but it's not the equation of light rail and the nuke.
Light rail is a gamble, but an important gamble.
It will direct growth, target development areas, and eventually alleviate future traffic growth. Please read the piece and think about this issue. Also in this issue, Robert Bryce offers a wrap-up on the Branch Davidian trial he has been covering in Waco. Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved.