Submitted by Terry Parker on Wed, 06/07/2006 - 9:16am.
50 years seems like a very short period of time for such a large expenditure. Will fares be accurately priced so that users actually cover the costs for this short period of operation? What happen 2056? Will the tram be replaced with another heavily subsidized and modernized replacement mode? Will one of the tram gondolas be placed on the top of Council Crest as an exhibit of the past like was done with Council Crest trolley car after discontinuing operations in 1949? (The trolley car was removed several years later after much vandalism) Will the other gondola be given or sold to a non-profit group for a club house also like one of the Council Crest trolley cars that became a Boy Scout clubhouse?
If the 50 year life cycle had been publicly aired prior to the decision being made to build the tram, maybe this expensive boondoggle would not have gone forward.
re: Tram Life Cycle Cost Analysis
50 years seems like a very short period of time for such a large expenditure. Will fares be accurately priced so that users actually cover the costs for this short period of operation? What happen 2056? Will the tram be replaced with another heavily subsidized and modernized replacement mode? Will one of the tram gondolas be placed on the top of Council Crest as an exhibit of the past like was done with Council Crest trolley car after discontinuing operations in 1949? (The trolley car was removed several years later after much vandalism) Will the other gondola be given or sold to a non-profit group for a club house also like one of the Council Crest trolley cars that became a Boy Scout clubhouse?
If the 50 year life cycle had been publicly aired prior to the decision being made to build the tram, maybe this expensive boondoggle would not have gone forward.