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It’s a bold assumption that, had it been finished, the subway would have been successful. This is the city that cannot run a simple street car successfully and
by mberning 6y ago
It’s a bold assumption that, had it been finished, the subway would have been successful. This is the city that cannot run a simple street car successfully and has had multiple city council members charged with corruption in the last year. The main bridge connecting Cincinnati and NKY has been in need of replacement for a long time, and yet the can continues to be kicked down the road. We do not have a strong track record of building and maintaining infrastructure.
- webel0 6y agoI think you’re mixing up a few different items. The streetcar is, indeed, a disaster. I think that is largely because they built it essentially as an amusement park ride for the weekends rather than a serious commute option. A subway that had the ability to actually move people across town (like the planned 16 mile loop) would have been great. The subway suffered not so much from local incompetence as inflation. The Brent-Spence bridge does need repair but that’s not a city issue. It’s a mix of state and federal. It doesn’t help that Ohio thinks that Kentucky should pay for it and vice versa.