16 May 2008

"Commission boosts Triangle Expressway" - News & Observer

Why aren't we all pressing very hard for a Triangle Tram INSTEAD? Imagine if we just started all over and said we'd like to have a light rail that interconnects the downtowns of Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh with mandatory link to RDU and some easy connection or stop at major shopping centers - plus possible extensions to Carrboro (easy) and Pittsboro.

Imagine if we threw away all the good work that has been done to try to hammer out a complex ineffective system and just said - with a map in hand - how do we do this as one project, along what best route (adjacent to railroad tracks and/or highways), and then come up with a financing scheme that allows us all to pay for it over time through tax and use......?

Imagine that?

Why not?

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