May 18, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, UPDATES
More wisdom on why commuter rail is bad for New Hampshire. My Turn: A wake-up call for proponents of commuter rail By DICK LEMIEUX (reprinted with permission) For the Monitor Published: 5/18/2019 12:15:31 AM Modified: 5/18/2019 12:15:18 AM David Brooks’s recent piece...
May 17, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, UPDATES
In another excellent piece Dick exposes the follies of “commuter rail”. Buried in the recent article on commuter rail is all we need to know about why commuter rail is a very, very bad idea for the Granite State. Letters: Are there still Democrats that...
Feb 27, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, LEGISLATION, UPDATES
BRA believes a commuter rail ‘study’ is not needed because commuter rail is not needed nor is it wanted. Dick Lemieux of Concord is a retired highway engineer and transportation planner who has been an observer of transportation policy for almost 50 years,...
Feb 22, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, LEGISLATION, UPDATES
A study to see the viability of bringing commuter rail from Boston to Concord passed the NH Senate along partisan lines (14-10). Reasons to oppose this taxpayer boondoggle: – Many train systems are deeply in debt because they do not have the ridership they...
