High-Speed Awesome

City Councilman Shea Flinn has a Smart City vision for Memphis 2009 and beyond:

We need to change (that damn word again) how we interact with the rest of the state and region. To this end, I would propose that our federal delegation get in the on the bailout package and try to get some high speed rail for our region. A few billion (remember when that used to be big money, now it seems like small change) would allow us to connect not only our city to Nashville in a greater way, but also with Jackson, MS, and Little Rock, AR, as well as providing the requisite short term jolt to our local economy.

This is a 2005 U.S. Department of Transportation map of possible high speed rail corridors.


See the gray hole in the right middle, between St. Louis, Jackson (MS) and Little Rock? That gray hole is Memphis. Not even a possibility.

Councilman Flinn's idea could change (that beautiful word again) that.

Obstacles to Pump Dumping: MATA Bus Routes

For your consideration, the 2 Medical Center/13 Lauderdale.


This is a single bus schedule -- what you will see at a kiosk, or on the web.

We can fix this. We should fix this.