The debate aired live at 7 o’clock.
It covered key concerns facing the city, including taxes, the bus, roads, and of course the rail.
Gina Mangieri asked: Many viewers brought up questions regarding rail project expenses after construction. common threads included operating costs, security, even graffiti. viewers asked what will it cost per person for a ride?
Kirk Caldwell:
I think the bus fare and rail fare will be the same and it’ll be integrated. You buy a ticket for the bus, you can use it on rail. And visa versa. No extra cost if it was operating today it would be the same cost as our bus today. Secondly regarding security. There are going to be police officers on the trains moving about. >
Peter Carlisle:
I agree with what kirk said. It is going to be a single fare. And it’s going to be a fare that’s going to allow you to transfer from a feeder bus onto the rail and the bus onto another feeder system if you have to. And in terms of security. Not only can you have the person who is there seated or moving around the cabin which could be a security officer, or you could also have someone in the front for security purposes.
Ben Cayetano:
Unfortunately these costs for security are not indicated in the rail budget. I saw nothing in the rail budget that indicates the city is going to pay for the cost of hpd officers riding on the trains. It’s not there. that’s an added cost.
This was the last of the televised mayoral debates before the August 11th primary election. To be elected in the primary a candidate must receive over 50 percent of the vote. If not, the top 2 vote getters move on to the November general election.
The entire debate has been posted on our website.
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