Totally agree with Keith's April 6th 2010 post. Also, having lived in various cities, my opinion is that as far as revenue goes, the Light Rail system was planned and built to fail from the very start. An open system simply means you will have a percentage of people who will not pay to ride...period. So to me, it's like the planners of Light Rail accepted this fact and built an open system anyway. There's one rider who told me he haven't paid to ride the train in about 2 years and have been ticketed by the officers only once. He states he rather pay for the citation because it's cheaper than paying daily for a system that allows people to ride for free. My second pet peeve with Light Rail is that it goes right along with traffic, and stops at the same traffic lights as the cars do. Light Rail is mass transit. So that means traffic stops for the train, ALWAYS! Traffic lights should change to give the train access across intersections. But overall, I think Light Rail is a good alternative to driving and I know it's also good for commuters who don't have access to a personal vehicle.

Totally agree with Keith's April 6th 2010 post. Also, having lived in various cities, my opinion is that as far as revenue goes, the Light Rail system was planned and built to fail from the very start. An open system simply means you will have a percentage of people who will not pay to ride...period. So to me, it's like the planners of Light Rail accepted this fact and built an open system anyway. There's one rider who told me he haven't paid to ride the train in about 2 years and have been ticketed by the officers only once. He states he rather pay for the citation because it's cheaper than paying daily for a system that allows people to ride for free. My second pet peeve with Light Rail is that it goes right along with traffic, and stops at the same traffic lights as the cars do. Light Rail is mass transit. So that means traffic stops for the train, ALWAYS! Traffic lights should change to give the train access across intersections. But overall, I think Light Rail is a good alternative to driving and I know it's also good for commuters who don't have access to a personal vehicle.