“Choo-Choos”

This post originally appeared on Orphan Road.

I was going to put a lot of thought and energy into critiquing this anti-rail Crosscut article, but really, why bother? It’s abundantly clear that David Brewster has developed some sort of computer program that churns out the same article over and over again under different bylines. I mean, “Ross Anderson?” Really? Like that’s actually a human name.

Let’s see: cherry-picked statistics to support the author’s argumet? Check. Obligatory quote from local anti-transit crank John Niles? Check. Nonsensical reference to rail as a “19th-century technology”? Check. (Eyeglasses are far older, but many people still find them rather indespensible!).

It’s like anti-rail mad libs. And this is what passes for political discourse in our city…

Update: it looks like Erica Barnett has a similar reaction.