Rendell tours ancient railroad substation to push for transit funding
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell visited Philadelphia Wednesday to push his plan for transportation funding.
Governor Rendell and Mayor Michael Nutter traveled to the nearly 90 year old Wayne Junction railroad Substation. The Governor says just seeing the equipment in use that dates back to the 1920's and 30's worries him that a major failure is just around the corner.
"The people that ride our regional rail system never see this but it's absolutely essential to keeping the system going. They don't think about it but SEPTA's manager's do, they think about it and they worry about it because when the federal government turned down tolling Interstate 80 we lost over 500 million dollars a year in transportation funding."
The governor says raising vehicle registration fees is just one way to supply reliable funding for transit. He says without stable finances, transit agencies can't afford upgrades needed to prevent a catastrophe.
Rendell is too busy planning his next move to washington, D.C. as an aide de camp to the great Liberal Obama
Why not pay attention to or copt from the MAX plans being carried on im PORTLANS , Oregon. Its well worth the trip