Quotes by Mark Hallenbeck

“The problem were having is that people are saying, Its not my problem, ... That is exactly what they said in New Orleans. ... But go ask anybody in New Orleans, Would you have paid an extra hundred bucks in taxes last year to replace that levee? Do you think youd get any less than 99 percent saying yes?”

“If land use changes to make [a neighborhood] not attractive, then you spent a lot of money building tracks where no one wants to ride it,”

“Streetcars have this wonderful ability to be pleasant to be around. Theyre not spewing exhaust at you. Theyre easy to get on. For the most part, they have the advantage over a bus that, like in all rail systems, people have great confidence that theres another one coming. They know where it will go,”

“Its not a little problem, its not a maybe problem, ... The viaduct is just a question of when. If youre on the lower level when it goes down, youre dead.”