Thursday, October 29, 2009

You'd Think We Could Make A Deal

So I was sitting there watching Earl Blumenauer onstage with Ed Rendell. Blumenauer's giving his 21st century infrastructure pitch and bragging about Oregon's streetcar manufacturing company. Philly's got a couple of trolley lines which they promised to restart, though those restarts are always 5 years off. Tracks and lines are roughly intact, but need rolling stock. Hmm....