Originally Posted by
grump
WNY, thanks for sharing. It was an idea conceived in the late 50’s or early 60’s, back when Buffalo was a large vibrant city. But then the Democrsts consolidated control of the city under Mayor Sedita and the death spiral began. It’s amazing how reports such as this one always couch their language...probably out of fear of offending. Suppose instead it read “ an above-ground system that will include ‘extreme tunneling that will take years to complete, thus denying customer access to local businesses, that will change local transportation habits in ways that are likely irreversible, and will require the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars in a city that is already hemorrhaging population and will never be able to support it.’” Think anyone would’ve listened then? Not here, where the solution to every problem seems to be “Build something quick. Doesn’t matter what it is or if it will work just build it!”