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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Vogon_Glory

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6. Compared to most western towns, Santa Fe is the City Different

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 12, 2018, 08:26 AM

Aug 2018

Santa Fe’s different from most smaller western cities when it comes to regional transportation. They’ve got rail commuter service to Albuquerque and relatively frequent bus service to Albuquerque’s airport.

Now compare this to places like La Junta, Trinidad, Raton, Winslow, Gallup, not to mention the plight of places that lost their passenger rail earlier like Tucumcari, Clovis, etc. I don’t see the Fibber-Tarian Tooth Fairy jumping in to fill the transportation gap.

That’s just New Mexico. Republican voters in small cities in Idaho and Montana did themselves worse.

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Essay: The Last Train To Grand Canyon: How Amtrak Fails The National Parks--And America [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 OP

Interesting. I love the train ghostsinthemachine Aug 2018 #1

I can't believe they already closed the station in Williams near the Grand Canyon lunasun Aug 2018 #2

I recently read the book "Waiting on a Train" PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #3

Infrastructure again Vogon_Glory Aug 2018 #4

Exactly. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #5

Compared to most western towns, Santa Fe is the City Different Vogon_Glory Aug 2018 #6

Keep in mind that we were without air service for about four years, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #7