[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

Yeh that is good. Also, in pres. bush's article this morning he said Americans are addicted to oil and need to become less reliant on it. That also bodes well for the star.

[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

If this works, how long do yall think till we get a Light Rail?

[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

Hey guys,

I was thinking about what the city could do to stimulate the use of the commuter rail.. and I remembered that when I was visiting Brasil (and I know this to be the case in Japan as well), I went to my uncles job and found out that over there the employers actually give all their employees transportation vouchers. These are "benefits", as well as are the meal vouchers (for lunch everyday). EVERY single employer in Brazil is OBLIGATED to provide transportation vouchers (even if the person owns a car). The state makes them available at a discount, and it ends up being very affordable for the company. This is also done in Japan. What this does is help keep cars of the road (to a certain extent... the roads are still packed). Now I know we can't FORCE companies to do this in Nashville, but I'm wondering if maybe Nasvhille could offer TaxBreaks to all companies that offered commuter rail vouchers to their employees. This way we would get people on the trains. Out of their cars.. and hopefully convert them to the benefits of public transportation. What do you guys think? Would this be a viable and interesting route in establishing a strong presence for commuter rail in Nashville?!?!?

I like your thinking but the only problem is that there isn't an extensive enough network in nashville for that to become an option. If you live in green hills and work in d-town Nashville, what would you do if your employer offered you a train coupon?

[Proposed Light Rail Systems]

Nashville

Is currently building its first commuter rail line. This has to be the most cost effective line built in modern history. I believe it is a 30+ mile starter line with 5 stations that should open in 2006. It was also a very fast project and should be used as an example of how rail transit can be stated for low cost as I believe the entire cost of the line was less than $40M. There are proposals to extend this system with 4-5 more lines.

Nashville Commuter Rail discussion on UP