3 Comments

1. TheRover says:

   May 1, 2007 at 9:25 pm

   Looks about as busy as Bflos MetroRail. All those pictures and I think I counted something like 24 people in them. Case closed. Spending millions on public transportation is dumping millions down a rat hole. If Larry Meckler wants his mug on TV he should get a real job, like an architectural preservation obstructionist.
2. One man's opinion says:

   May 1, 2007 at 10:35 pm

   I loved the Metro Rail when I lived in Buffalo. It’s really not a train to nowhere as some say. It is a train of limited utility as it only has one line. You probably need to repopulate the city a little before it makes any sense to expand it. I mean, parking is plentiful in the city and not that expensive, and there’s not a whole lot of congestion going on, at least as compared to bigger metros. The Metro would be more relevent if it was a pain in the butt to have a car in the city, but it’s actually more of a pain not to have one.
3. Mel says:

   May 2, 2007 at 11:47 am

   When I was in Stockholm, I never saw a train as full as one in Buffalo at rush hour. But there’s no reason to take it, Stockholm is such a small and beautiful city that you can walk anywhere in no time and also have an enjoyable experience.

   Metro Rail is great and would be infinitely better if I could just not use the UB shuttle to get to North Campus and get to the airport. Whenever people talk about the rail here, they forget that not everyone has a car and not everyone can afford it (car, gas, insurance). I’m in college and would rather spend the meager amount I earn from working on a trip to Sweden than a car.