Darn the Shoppers - We Must Have Trains
Posted by Andy on November 27th, 2005
This Strib Editorial really bothers me. It is about how St. Paul’s mayor elect Coleman has no more important mission for his term than getting LRT on University Ave. You may know how I despise the LRT, but the following paragraphs do a good job shedding light on why I do.
… It will be hard enough to push ahead on federal and state funding for the $840 million project. It will be harder still to retrofit the architecture — and the mind-set — of a corridor that continues to encourage big-box retail, vast parking lots and more auto traffic.
That sort of suburbanization is incompatible with light rail and, if it continues, could jeopardize federal support. St. Paul must understand that light rail is as much about land use as transportation. The best course now is for Coleman to launch a broad, long-range planning process for the avenue that includes everyone.
Everyone but people who drive, shop, or own businesses.
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November 28th, 2005 at 10:49 pm
It’s not an original thought, but liberals seem to concern themselves with concepts and objects rather than people. They speak of trains, greenspaces, what you eat, gun-free zones, what you say, smoking bans, what you read, and of course, taxes as if they simply materialize without consequence.