I challenge BRT proponents to try catching the bus at Lake Street and I35. It is a spiritually degrading experience, staring down the traffic speeding by at 60+ miles per hour. I don't think anyone that catches the bus there would do so if they didn't have to.
What will future BRT look like? I do not see I35 ever becoming a shining example of a multi-modal "corridor". It is, after all a freeway designed for "interstate" automobile traffic. Its fate has been determined and will not be altered significantly. Freeways never should have been carved through the city in the first place, but now we are stuck with them. The next best thing we can do with 35, is try to get people to make the "intermodal shift" from their cars to transit in their daily commute. This requires accepting the necessary evil of signficant amounts of parking near transit nodes. In an auto-dependent environment we have to accomodate cars to work with transit or it won't work at all. I don't mean to endorse anything in particular just trying to debunk some wishful thinking. Mike Jensvold Ward 10 REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
