mmm, yep, still the same:

Noun 1. public transport – conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, passenger vehicle, omnibus, coach – a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; “he always rode the bus to work”; transport, conveyance – something that serves as a means of transportation; deadhead – a train or bus or taxi traveling empty; limited, express – public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; “he caught the express to New York”; local – public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops; “the local seemed to take forever to get to New York”; shuttle – public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points; railroad train, train – public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; “express trains don’t stop at Princeton Junction”; transportation, transportation system, transit – a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.

Hey, Sam: prove your point. Give STB readers an example of “pro-rail propaganda.” In other words – and I know this is going to be difficult – prove your point.

Aubrey Davis came to his position after decades of studying the notion of light rail across the lake; as opposed to the mono-modal, anti-transit bent of many BRT activists who wage ideological battles tied to their pro-roads property rights political bent, Davis (and STB) approach transit from a logical and scientific perspective. And that, in your view, is worthy of a propaganda effort??

In addition, Davis steps away from the usual self-serving Mercer Islander view, honoring the 30 year old agreement that solo MI drivers would someday need to relenquish the unique perk of driving on their own private highway.

I believe STB covers bus & train issues better than the local papers, and gets into many of the complex issues the dailies won’t touch. Why? Because STB writers ride the bus, and report from the field, and from many different information sources.

If you want anti-rail propaganda, read the Seattle Times…or watch how the PI struggles to report basic facts correctly.

Sorry, I take some downtime and take my brain with me.

What do you call Bellevue, anyhow? Aside from, you know, Bellevue.

Not to mention the fact that Seattle is nearing completion on the first of its light rail lines. There is just a lot of buzz around this subject because of these reasons.

Listen, we’re clearly a transit blog with a strong pro-rail bent — there’s no pretense otherwise. I don’t think we stoop to the level of propaganda, but if you feel we do then I’m sure you’d have similar feelings regardless of our site name.

We are currently considering a ballot item that is most heavily-invested in rail.

The rail portion is the most heavily-contested.

Therefore, it is in the best interest to address and combat dis-information and poor attitudes towards rail transit to make sure that we can get proper investment in transit as a whole.

Capisce? Molto Buono.

Again, I am not being sarcastic. This is a completely serious request.