I would agree with Dan on this. Pam Ellison ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Dobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Anne Carroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "St. Paul Issues Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:28 PM Subject: [StPaul] Take a hard look at I-94 corridor for light rail
> I keep reading about the problems of building lite > rail along I-94 versus University Avenue. Someone > wrote earlier about having to rebuild all the bridges > along I-94 and Anne Carroll now writes about "lack of > obvious space". > > I suggest that everyone drive to Lexington, Snelling, > Hamline overpasses or one of the pedestrian crosswalks > and get out and look. There is ample room between the > freeway and the access roads, Concordia and St. > Anthony for a lite rail line. > > Unlike University Avenue, traffic will not have to > stop at every intersection nor will there have to be > lengthly condemnation proceedings to obtain the land. > The land is already owned by the state. > > Furthermore, there will be plenty of places to build > park and ride lots at Snelling, Lexington, Rice Street > Sears lot et al., unlike University Avenue that has > very limited room for Park and Ride. > > I-94 has many more advantages for light rail than > University. > > Dan Dobson > Summit Hill > > > --- Anne Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The issues along Univ especially re: crossings seem > > overwhelming, making the > > costs probably untenable. The I-94 approach, while > > burdened with a large > > number of different challenges (not the least of > > which is lack of obvious > > space), would seem to be worth exploring. I'd be > > interested in hearing the > > results of the feasibility studies of these and > > other SP-Mpls corridor > > options and the criteria that emerged as most > > critical. > > > > -- Anne Carroll > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Anne R. Carroll > > Carroll, Franck & Associates > > Public Involvement, Strategic Planning, > > Communications > > 1357 Highland Parkway > > St. Paul, MN 55116 USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 651-690-9162 School Board: 651-690-9156 > > > > "A politician worries about the next election. A > > true states[wo]man worries > > about the next generation, and children yet unborn." > > - e.e. cummings > > > > "...leadership is about how you bring out the best > > in people. Leadership is > > what you give to the community you live in. > > Leadership is what you give to > > the world. Leadership is how you live an honest > > life... You will be more > > credible and you will be more powerful if you do not > > separate the lives you > > live from the words you speak." -- Paul Wellstone > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _____________________________________________ > > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your > > password - visit: > > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > > > Archive Address: > > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > > > > _____________________________________________ > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
