So far -----> Yes = 7
No = 4I encourage people to look closely at the reasons why people vote as they do, which is really more interesting and informative that the tally itself.
Anyone else care to cast your vote.
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1) Based on what you know today, would you like to
see a light rail system built in St. Paul ALONG -
University Ave. (similar to the Hiawatha
corridor system)?YES or NO
Optional: short explanation of vote (or caveat).
150 words or less
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Willie NesbitYES
Based on what I know about the cost and having had considerable experience with other cities' light rail , subways, and elevated trains, I vote yes. I believe twin citians in general are in denial about the need for improved mass transit. The drivers here are among the rudest and most poorly trained of just about any I have witnessed. The jams here are not caused primarily by poor roads or conditions but by poor driving skills and inconsideration. The increasing crisis in the oil industry will continue to wake all of us up to the coming end to the current dependable fossil fuel based internal combustion engine. Mass transit is the wave of the near future and we need to get on board.
------------------------------------------------ Andrew M. Hine
YES
(Explanation too long - please submit shorter version) ------------------------------------------------ John Harris
NO
I am all for a line between the cities but university doesn't seem like the right route. There appears to be more negatives than positives with this route. Also, seems it would simply take people off the buses and put them on a train instead of getting people out of their cars.
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Dan Dobson
YES
YES, but not along University Avenue. Lite rail in St. Paul needs to be along I-94.
Most of the light rail systems in America separate cars and lite rail, i.e. New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.
The only place I know of where cars and lite rail are combined is in downtown Portland, where lite rail is slower than molasses.
Lite Rail along I-94 will be faster, less expensive and lead to less congestion in the long run. Lit rail then can be extended to Hudson and Stillwater.
YES to Lite rail in Saint Paul. No to Lite Rail on University Avenue. ------------------------------------------------ Pam Ellison
YES
The only thing that would change this for me is if PRT were being considered. Seeing it is not, I would vote for a rail system that would allow for going below or above the street grade on major intersections such as Hwy 280, Snelling, Fairview, Hamline, Lexington, Dale Rice and 35 E. I think it could go east where University becomes Minnehaha, out as far as the 3M complex and go West as far you can into downtown beyond the U.
I believe that an elevated system like Chicago could work as well.
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