Critics continue to circulate tired, discredited arguments against rail transit, but many of these naysayers are nothing more than hired guns who rent themselves to rail opponents in an effort to sway public opinion. If freeways solved transportation problems, Los Angeles would be heaven.
Rail adds capacity to our existing roads, at a much lower cost than adding yet more highway lanes.
The red lines are eight-lane freeways we're not using. With this lead-in, almost everyone who passed the ARPA booth stayed to hear about passenger rail in Arizona. Over 100 signed our petition in support of light rail in Scottsdale. Then I had a meeting downtown one day and thought I'd try the trolley. People were standing in the aisle.