Comments on: Wednesday…UH Professor calls street-level transit “absolutely the right solution”

By: peterkay

peterkay — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:42:26 +0000

As Obama might say, “You guys lost [in the election].”

The time for “total rebellion” was in the Nov elections. Opponents lost.

The stars have now aligned from the Feds down. Hannemann has done an incredibly skilled and masterful job at getting support from “those that matter”, namely big labor and big business.

I wouldn’t bet a single cent at this point on stopping this train. Sad though it may be.

By: LarryG

LarryG — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:12:39 +0000

Well, the view from the train will be spectacular–ocean view from 100 ft above the noisy crowd. Tourists and residents who want to see whales again can just buy themselves a train ticket.

The ability to move around at grade level was one of the advantages of the Phileas bus system. But nevermind that now. The fix is in, you see.

Unless there is a total rebellion against the monstrosity that Mufi is pushing against all reason, what he says is what we will get. Barring unforeseen circumstances.

If communities were allowed to plan, and to figure transit into their plans, I doubt that we would end up with anything like this.

Thank you, Ian, for bringing this material to public attention.

By: Skeeter

Skeeter — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:57 +0000

Would it be possible for Associate Professor Paluch or the AIA to cite various landmarks that would be similar in size (height and width) to what is planned for the rail stations? Example – as tall as the Federal Building and as wide as the IBM building.