What are the chances that we'll ever have viable city-wide rail in Austin? An elevated train seems like the perfect solution to our traffic woes.
Pros? Cons?
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Ruby W. wrote:There should be an option of "how about we had stops to the CURRENT light rail so that people can actually use it"
happywaffle wrote:Ruby W. wrote:There should be an option of "how about we had stops to the CURRENT light rail so that people can actually use it"
We don't have light rail now, we have commuter rail, which is an actual train that runs on normal, existing train tracks. So we could hypothetically add more stops along the rail line, but we can never have the commuter train go to places that people actually live and work (UT, downtown, 78704).
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happywaffle wrote:...but spectacularly expensive...
Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell wrote:i remember having this debate back when i first started college, and here we still are. i think we all just assumed we'd have jet packs by now.
Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell wrote:... but i absolutely think it should exist. especially after seeing the dystopian nightmare that a bus based public transportation system can become in L.A. shudder...
ratliff wrote:... as far as I'm concerned, the extra effort is worth it not only for abstract ecological reasons but for the more pleasurable experience. I can relax and read the paper on the way to work instead of playing car hockey on the freeway.
To answer the original question: in 2000, we got within 500 votes of approving a truly impressive light-rail system that was going to run down Lamar, Guadalupe, and Congress. It was exactly what Austin needed, and it failed by the slimmest of margins, which is a damn shame. Now it's 12 years later and getting around town still sucks.
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