A Desire Named Streetcar | Power Line.
After the fetish for renewable energy that’s expensive and intermittent, the greatest fixation of the utopian left is mass transit, especially light rail—a 19th century technology for 21st century mobility needs. (Who says the left isn’t reactionary?)
The article goes on to detail how the 2009 stimulus funded a street car manufacturing company in Portland OR that has turned out to be a total bust. Perhaps Boulder or RTD could purchase the assets and start a street car manufacturing company on the Pearl Street Mall.
It’s stunning how much money the local government can spend on “green things” but they can’t pave the neighborhood county roads.
