Support For High Speed Rail Connecting Upstate Cities

Where is Brown's voice on expanding the light rail to the airport and UB?

Well, suppose we should be greatful .... he supports high speed rail

Yes, well ... it IS election time.

There is so little traffic in the city and downtown that he should support high speed bicycle lanes or streets. Personally I would settle for more bike lane designations on all streets leading to downtown. That would be innovative and original. I would even like to see him attend some of the block parties by using his bicycle and I would accept the fact that the BPD bike patrol would have to accompany him. Shorts and a t-shirt instead of the suit and tie would be appropriate.

We need to support all of the various transportation options that have proved to greatly benefit cities. Walkable, Bikeable, Public Transit with trains to serve the metro region efficiently and of course cars. This is our advantage over the sprawling suburbs and we need to capitalize on this asset instead of sacrificing our neighborhoods to the convenience of suburban commuters.
Not blaming the burbs or claiming they are evil, just saying it is time to do what is in the best interest of Buffalo.

If there were an inter-urban or frequent inter-city commuter rail/high speed rail....

If the ticket price were say $35 and the difference in airfares between the same flight in Rochester versus Buffalo was greater than $35...WHY WOULD ROCHESTER NEED TO SPEND MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO KEEP THEIR AIRPORT. ROCHESTERIANS COULD SIMPLY HOP THE TRAIN AND USE BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AS CANADIANS AND ALL THOSE FROM SOUTHERN TIER, MEDINA, NIAGARA FALLS, BATAVIA, ETC DO.

now aint that a kick in the head...after years of elitist rochesterians looking down on smelly stupid blue collar buffalo of steel, oil and grain...it could very well be that rochesterians close their airport and use ours.

Snarky comment, I know, but in the world outside of Buffalo, a 1950s-era German EMU isn't exactly considered high-speed.

I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF YOU DON'T GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DO! MANY GREAT IDEAS HAVE BEEN FUNNELED THROUGH OUR MAYOR AND YES THAT WHAT I SAID IS FUNNELED. HE IS ONLY ONE MAN AND SO MANY FOLKS HAVE COME TO HIM WITH BRILLIANT IDEAS AND HE BUTS THEM OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY TAKE IT FROM THERE. IF YOU ONLY COULD PUT HALF OF THE ENERGY THAT YOU DO INTO COMPLAINING ABOUT BUFFALO AND HIM, INTO BEING PROBLEM SOLVERS, THAN WE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE BOOM OF GOOD THING IN BUFFALO! (YOU'RE EITHER PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION, WHICH IS IT!)

Dear timatbuffalo, unfortunately the citizens of Buffalo arent given a line item budget to approve, the citizens of Buffalo do not control city hall or its organizations, etc.

Buffalonians have had no luck in boosting city inspections, changing laws to foreclose on property owners who do not maintain their properties, or change laws to add citations onto property taxes to put liens on properties preventing them from being sold, etc.

Buffalonians have had no luck in opposing the control of civil service unions and their control over the election process.

Buffalonians have had no luck in redirecting city taxes from unions and patronage to infrastructure like rehabs rather than demolition, like repaved and recobbled streets, street lights, curbs, sidewalks, playgrounds, signs, water and sewar mains, etc.

Please DO NOT be niave tim, Brown and previous mayors are the leaders and leaders set the priorities...often ignoring the needs of the citizens.