Ken Larsen's website - Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project (DOLRT) 

Background information 

Basic Info	DOLRT information DOLRT and ROMF impacts to Creekside Elementary school DOLRT/ROMF zoning issue Charlotte's ROMF (Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility) (July 28, 2017) FTA approves entry into engineering phase; federal money not certain (March 1, 2019) "$130M later, prospects look bad for Durham/Orange rail" -WRAL News
Myths	DOLRT myths vs Facts
	Hazards of at-grade sections of DOLRT DOLRT At-grade crossings in Chapel Hill DOLRT At-grade, tunnel, and bridges in Durham Charlotte light rail at-grade crossing Sounds and video of Charlotte light rail line George King Road Video of an at-grade crossing in Denver Hazard of at-grade crossings to bicyclists "Bill to close the lightrail loophole" -Lawmaker wants to make Minnesota traffic laws apply to light rail train operators (January 29, 2019)
Ken's efforts	July 24, 2016:  Ken's "Makes no sense to me" letter in Chapel Hill News December 5, 2016:  Ken's speech at BOCC meeting - Don't listen to the "urban growth machine" January 4, 2017:  Ken's "DOLRT, the Giant Vacuum Cleaner" Chapel Hill News opinion piece Feb 13, 2017 WCHL Commentator's piece on DOLRT  [text version] March 1, 2017 WCHL Commentator's piece on At-Grade crossings on DOLRT [text version] March 7, 2017:  "DOLRT Predictions" - Ken's letter to Chapel Hill News March 7, 2017:  Ken's speech at BOCC meeting - on at-grade crossings (traffic and safety implications) March 15, 2017: Ken's email to Orange County Commissioners March 17, 2017:  Ken's Facebook comment in response to to a Chapel Hill News DOLRT letter April 4, 2017:  Ken's speech at BOCC meeting - the probability of DOLRT success April 24, 2017:  Ken's response to an opinion column by GoTriangle's Jeff Mann April 17, 2017:  Ken's Facebook post April 18, 2017:  Ken's speech at BOCC meeting - summary of public speeches from previous BOCC meetings April 24, 2017 Ken's speech at Chapel Hill Town Council meeting - Yellow golf balls matter + Whack-A-Mole game November 27, 2017:  Ken's "Kick in the groin" speech at a school issues meeting - shows nexus between DOLRT and the school budget June 21, 2018:  Comparison of Minneapolis light rail to DOLRT October 10, 2018:  Ken's analysis of traffic near Creekside Elementary School in southwest Durham November 6, 2018:  Ken submits this comment in response to a DOLRT survey initiated by GoTriangle November 28, 2018:  Ken's speech at Chapel Hill Town Council meeting
Meetings	December 5, 2016 BOCC meeting - Orange County Commissioners voted 5-2 to continue supporting the DOLRT.  (Blunder by BOCC!) January 24, 2017 BOCC meeting discussion on DOLRT March 7, 2017 BOCC public input on DOLRT April 4, 2017 BOCC public input on DOLRT April 18, 2017 BOCC public input on DOLRT April 24, 2017 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting - DOLRT April 27, 2017 BOCC discussion and final vote on DOLRT  (Blunder by BOCC!) October 30, 2018:  BOCC Commissioner Mark Marcopolis presents DOLRT status to Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce November 1, 2018 BOCC discussion of DOLRT (Go Triangle quarterly report) December 3, 2018:  Durham City Council approves rezoning for light rail ROMF (Blunder by Durham City Council!)
Maps	DOLRT map that can be zoomed in on DOLRT Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility (ROMF) Flood map DOLRT + Commuter Rail
	DOLRT con job Posters
Activist Efforts	SmartTransitFuture.org Affordable Transit for all web page
Misinformation	GoTriangle DOLRT misinformation March 21, 2017 GoTriangle DOLRT propaganda video
Opinion Pieces	"Don't count your TOD chickens before they hatch" - June 2, 2017 N&O Opinion piece by Tony Blake "Light Rail, Big Budgets and Social Justice" March 10, 2017 N&O opinion piece by Prof Eric Ghysels of UNC and Prof Robert Healy of Duke "Can Orange County afford light rail?" April 14, 2017 N&O opinion piece by Bonnie Hauser "Trump's proposed budget could derail Durham-Orange light rail plan"  Chapel Hill News March 17, 2017 "Hawaii Struggles to Keep Rail Project From Becoming a Boondoggle" - NY Times March 20, 2016 "A Silicon Valley Train Gets Stuck" March 13, 2017 New York Times "Ten Reasons Portland Transit is not a Model for Other Cities" - October 6, 2014 "Car and Transit Futures in Nashville" -Malcolm Getz, June 29, 2017 "Why the US will never have high speed rail" -Washington Post, February 12, 2019
+	Reasons why people support DOLRT Analysis of opponents vs proponents Sally Greene's opinions about DOLRT Light rail opinion piece written by Durham Mayor Steve Schewel  (January 6, 2019) Durham citizens rally to support DOLRT (February 7, 2019) Tom Farmer touts St. Louis and Minneapolis as shining examples of light rail success Public transit in Munich
-	Should we build skyscrapers? Vibration and noise issues "One year in, Green Line endangers U research" (June 3, 2015, Minnesota) Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/chn-opinion/article136975888.html#storylink=cpy
	DOLRT financing "Repairs to LYNX trains to cost $ 6.5M" - Charlotte news story in 2012 FY16 Bus and Rail Investment Plan -sent by GoTriangle to Orange County Manager on December 9, 2016 FTA wants more proof of local money money for DOLRT February 22, 2017 Chapel Hill News US GDP by Year Compared to Recessions and Events
	Traffic issue on Farrington Road Ken's views on how to solve traffic problems
	Social justice aspect of DOLRT
	Environmental implications of DOLRT  DOLRT does not protect our environment ROMF selection, environmental impacts
Predictions	Predictions for DOLRT   Probability of success for DOLRT Growth and politics in the Triangle area of North Carolina
Humor	Marge and the Monorail (from a Simpson's episode) Video showing the work required to debunk all the lies told by GoTriangle
BRT	Video of BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) for North-South corridor in Chapel Hill

"In the world of civic projects, the first budget is really just a down payment.  If people knew the real cost from the start, nothing would ever be approved.  The idea is to get going.  Start digging a hole and make it so big, there’s no alternative to coming up with the money to fill it in."  -former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, talking about cost overruns for the San Francisco Transbay Terminal mega project.

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