Comments on: TriMet receives $4.2M for energy-efficient braking /news/2010/12/21/trimet-receives-42m-for-energy-efficient-braking/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: nativePDX /news/2010/12/21/trimet-receives-42m-for-energy-efficient-braking/#comment-48081 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:35:14 +0000 /?p=64167#comment-48081 I’ll answer my own question sense the reporter of this story missed one of the most important point, in investing in anything.

This investment will never pay for itself.

So it is a poor use of our taxes and can only be labeled a pork-barrel project.

No wonder we are going broke.

]]> By: nativePDX /news/2010/12/21/trimet-receives-42m-for-energy-efficient-braking/#comment-47704 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:02:28 +0000 /?p=64167#comment-47704 How many years will it take to break even on a $4.2 million grant to equip the trains?

I wonder why this was not reported in the story?

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