light rail fiasco #2

[flyers29]

Originally Posted by robertzimmerman

The reality is that people in the burbs will drive to the PNR, and they will take it downtown for work or a baseball game or whatever. A pathway through to the west side of the highway would serve about 50 houses that are close enough to walk, and would create parking problems for the people who live there. I live about a 10-minute walk from the station on the east side. My neighbors think that I'm mounting an expedition when I walk over to get the train.

And by the way, there are two buses that would have taken you from the Southmoor station west on Hampden. Buses are part of a public transport solution in a relatively undense (not a word, I know) city. I use them all the time to go to work in Greenwood Plaza.

Exactly. The local metro/light rail doesn't just cater to the people in walking distance to the station.

[chilicheesefries]

Originally Posted by flyers29

Exactly. The local metro/light rail doesn't just cater to the people in walking distance to the station.

And to mention that the vast majority of the sales tax that is brought into RTD is from people who don't live within walking distance to the station.