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Originally Posted by Trae
Of course it isn't. It is just a lot more expensive when you don't have federal funding, and why would a transit agency build a light rail line if their LRT (in SA's case BRT) doesn't have high ridership itself?
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Because they're thinking long term. They're seeing that it makes sense to implement light rail as traffic congestion increases. Btw, SA's yet-to-be-constructed BRT doesn't have high ridership? I'd think so, seeing how it has yet to be constructed.