Advocates of Buffalo’s Metro Rail and the Belt Line (see here, learn more) should check out this article in The Atlantic Cities that shows how an unpopular transit system became a hit in a fairly short period of time considering a slow start mired in controversy.
It was BRO reader JF who pointed out the article to us, saying, “This isn’t about Buffalo, but when I visited Salt Lake City in 2007, I was struck by how similar the system looked (smallish city, light rail, surface downtown, lightly used, Free-Fare Zone downtown, same proof-of-payment system, and even identical self-service ticket machines to those used in Buffalo). Looks like a lot has changed (there) in 6 years…”
Photo: Courtesy UTA Trax – Though it looks similar to Downtown Buffalo