tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498571578300107.post1159314751227765136..comments2024-01-03T04:02:30.439-05:00Comments on Hub and Spokes: Tunnel Visionmides@hunter.cuny.eduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17692416995015371649noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498571578300107.post-48538481024989232482008-07-23T16:18:00.000-04:002008-07-23T16:18:00.000-04:00DOT is against LRT cause this is New York City, we...DOT is against LRT cause this is New York City, we put trains where they belong, underground! Can you imagine how awful NY would be if all the trains (and the people waiting for them) were street level? Not to mention what an awful place to bike it would be, street level rail tracks are anathema to comfortable biking. <BR/><BR/>LRT works when it's used to replace or augment or replace busses not trains, or can run at least somewhat separated from the grid. Uptown-down? Probably would work well by the rivers. Anywhere else it'd just be a oversized bus with a dedicated lane. Cross town? Yeah, perhaps, at the minimum it could take advantage of those overlong NY cross town blocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com