Comments on: Round 2 FY 2014: Capital Improvements http://annarborchronicle.com/2013/02/17/round-2-fy-2014-capital-improvements/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=round-2-fy-2014-capital-improvements it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Jim Rees http://annarborchronicle.com/2013/02/17/round-2-fy-2014-capital-improvements/comment-page-1/#comment-196517 Jim Rees Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:43:26 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=106084#comment-196517 Why is it that every time we’re asked to fund commuter rail, the money goes toward parking and expensive consultants?

]]> By: Steve Bean http://annarborchronicle.com/2013/02/17/round-2-fy-2014-capital-improvements/comment-page-1/#comment-196505 Steve Bean Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:13:46 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=106084#comment-196505 Perceived immediate need aside, the runway expansion would provide a very short-lived benefit (if any).

Air travel will continue to decline. It’s only a matter of years, not decades before rising fuel prices (after a brief drop) and rapidly decreasing availability—combined with falling discretionary income, business activity, etc.—make air travel unaffordable for most people, businesses included. Not long after that the fuel simply won’t be available.

We can’t afford to waste $2.14 million. To point to one related alternative investment, it could go toward improving broadband infrastructure instead.

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