Yes, then we can have a billion-dollar system that goes three miles in a straight line.KC0KEK wrote: Would maglev work at street level?
It'd be awesome, but just an incredible waste.
Yes, then we can have a billion-dollar system that goes three miles in a straight line.KC0KEK wrote: Would maglev work at street level?
I still say the city should save money by buying the retired, kitschy, gondola chateaus that are still sitting out at WoF and move them down to the park. It would lend a nice international flavor to PVP.Highlander wrote: If that means you do not like the look, picture what it will look like with the facilities not shown....support towers and on and offloading facilities. Cluttered and ugly.
A race of sub-human creatures, displaced by the superhuman clones, to pull rickshaws.KCMax wrote: Just think what kind of transit technology we can unleash from stem cell research!
Hook one end to the Liberty Memorial. That will cut down some of the clutter.Highlander wrote: If that means you do not like the look, picture what it will look like with the facilities not shown....support towers and on and offloading facilities. Cluttered and ugly.
This reminds me: how big of a tragedy would it be if the money ran out short of building the line in its entirety? Of course it depends on the extent of the construction that is allowed to be completed, but still. I think any line at all would be beneficial.im2kull wrote: Why the hell is everyone so worried about there not being enough money to build a full route?
Seriously..does ANYONE think ANY other city built there entire transit system with just one passed measure..overnight...NO...so everyone please quit trying to say this will fail horribly and please email a nice bulk letter telling every city council/marc/whatever person to get off their asses and at least get us a few miles of fucking LRT/BLT/whatever you wanna call it.
damn people...pull your heads outta your arses
Here's my version, Seth and I had the same idea at the same time.Highlander wrote: If that means you do not like the look, picture what it will look like with the facilities not shown....support towers and on and offloading facilities. Cluttered and ugly.
i posted this elsewhere, but i have already received response from 2 council members saying they fully support it.MidtownCat wrote: Congrats, we made the Channel 5 news. They interviewed Jim Glover and said he has been receiving e-mails all afternoon in support of light rail.
They also mentioned City Council discussion of another bi-state initiative. Yeah........
I think some of you are being a bit unrealistic in your expectations. If you collect X amount of taxes, you can only pay for X amount of light rail. Right now, we do not know if we can build 10% of Chastain's plan or 90% of the plan given the funds that will be collected by the tax (and any unallocated outside funds that might become available). The former appears more likely than the latter though. The plan that KC voters approved was vague to say the least. Actually there is no plan. Plans involve engineering and cost estimates etc.... This was an idea.im2kull wrote: time will telll...
could always be a bunch of hoop-la to quell the masses right now...six months from now well start hearing the "reality" and how we're unable to do the plan financially and blah blah blah and it could slowly die away..for the time being...