After reading the article about how all of our state leaders have their proverbial thumb up their |expletive| on the high speed rail stimulus funds, I see this.
Here's what our mayoral candidates had to say about urban transit in Omaha.
From the Omaha World-Herald:
Are you |expletive| kidding me, Daub? Vans? |expletive| VANS??!!Daub said he would work to secure stimulus money or other federal dollars to replace the big "belching buses" with smaller vans.
"You could have three or four of those operating, where only one operates now," he said.
What the |expletive| did you just say, Suttle? Because it sounded like you don't think Downtown is the hub of Omaha, and want to completely restructure Omaha's transit to reflect this belief.Suttle said he would start from scratch. The city's current bus system evolved from an old model - when downtown was the hub - and it needs to be totally overhauled.
"We need a brand new thought process," said Suttle.
Uuuugggghh. I'm so fed up with the hacks that hold political office in Nebraska. I really am. Daub, I thought you were the pro-streetcar, pro-urban transit mayor. What the heck happened? We don't need little vans. We need to fill the buses that we DO have on the streets, and we need urban rail transit.
