tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498571578300107.post1840092336106714149..comments2024-01-03T04:02:30.439-05:00Comments on Hub and Spokes: A new commuter rail, but limited schedulemides@hunter.cuny.eduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17692416995015371649noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498571578300107.post-6747359325131605812009-11-25T15:20:18.294-05:002009-11-25T15:20:18.294-05:00I agree,
the beautiful part about other cities is ...I agree,<br />the beautiful part about other cities is that transit doesn't stop at the end of the work day. Later trains, in my mind, would encourage commerce in the downtown area. Shopping, dining and um, drinking etc. It seems that the very limited schedule really ignores an important facet of why people drive. Is there any indication of how/if the schedule will change when a certain big-deal-stadium opens? A later departure might help boost this aspect of downtown business AND keep a few folk off the road that maybe shouldn't be driving... I guess ideally that would make downtown a great place to work, the burbs a good place to live and the train a viable link between the two. <br />I get to hold my breath for the central corridor light rail.Garden Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18272167386748021932noreply@blogger.com