Monday, August 4, 2014

Blog stage 6

The blog topic talking about metro rails in austin expressed the positive opinion on having trains running through the entire city of austin as well as neighboring communities. While others may oppose, I actually believe that the metro rails have been extremely effective and are a step in the right direction towards decreasing pollution and conserving more natural resources. The metro rail system in Austin exceeded the predicted cost of $2.5 million by $11.5 million, costing a total of $13 million in the past year. Obviously the price of labor as well as fuel has been increasing in the past ten years which is when this estimate was given. Even though this seems like a large sum of money, it's quite insignificant if the government is providing it. Due to QE, the fed has been printing uncanny amounts of money like its nothing. I think the metro rails will be extremely effective for the environment and overall stress levels of the austin residents. The economy in Austin is booming right now and has positive predictions for the future years. The author makes a good effort to point out all the positive outcomes the metro rail will have on the austinites as well as the history of austin's introduction to metro rails in the 2011 project.

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