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Old 02-13-2011, 01:03 PM
 
Location: The Lakes
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State-Journal.com - Riding the rail: Transit plan unveiled

Interesting article. Make of it what you want. I think it'd be a cool idea!
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Old 02-13-2011, 01:36 PM
 
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
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Very interesting. I think in the future, rail will be the way to go.
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Old 02-13-2011, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Very interesting. I think in the future, rail will be the way to go.
If it takes a lot of cars off I-64 it's a great idea.
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Old 02-13-2011, 04:46 PM
 
Location: U.S.
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Rail or no rail, the state has it's mind set on widening I-64 to three lanes from Frankfort to Louisville.
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Old 02-13-2011, 07:08 PM
 
Location: "My Old Kentucky Home"
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Sounds good to me...let's do it.

Rail is the coming thing...I can't believe they haven't already been laying more track everywhere.
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Old 02-13-2011, 08:20 PM
 
Location: Kentucky
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Awesome; love the idea! I just saw that Louisville was also included in the proposed nationwide high speed rail network.

Kentucky, Indiana in Obama's $8 billion request for high-speed rail study | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com

And is it just me or is this one of the few topics posted on here that most people agree on (so far, anyway!)
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Old 02-13-2011, 08:28 PM
 
Location: "My Old Kentucky Home"
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Ya...but it's still early
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Old 02-13-2011, 09:08 PM
 
Location: On the Rails in Northern NJ
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Nice and only for 75 million thats a bargain for that distance..... You should probably draw up plans for a connecting Light Rail / Enhanced bus system in Louisville and Enhanced Bus / Streetcar system in Lexington. Word of advice put your stations in the downtown or Main street areas. If you put them on the outskirts ridership is low and developers steer clear of the area....
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Old 02-13-2011, 11:40 PM
 
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that sounds pretty good about the socalled high speed rail system for the people to use
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Old 02-14-2011, 05:36 AM
 
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One of the posters in the article brought up a good point that often gets overlooked:

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The issues becomes "how would the passenger get to places once they reached their destination city?"
"Would it be easier to drive to the outskirts of either town than to a central location then transfer?"
I like the idea but these questions, and related issues, were not even discussed.
There is a huge transportation problem in our cities. Meaning, there basically is none. There used to be (with streetcars & such), but those rail lines are long gone, ripped up or have been paved over for our cars.

This has been a big discussion with the oncoming high speed rail project here in Florida (first leg being between Orlando & Tampa). Once you get off the commuter rail, then the fun begins trying to find your way to your destination. And almost always, you're gonna need a car once you get to these places. Which sorta defeats the purpose of leaving your car behind. Might as well just drive from Orlando to Tampa if you're gonna end up just renting a car anyway.

Dont get me wrong, Im a big public transportation/rail guy, but I want it to succeed. I think they're putting the cart before the horse with a lot of these commuter rail projects going to cities that are so car-centric.

Fix the transportation, increase walkability & build back up our urban cores in our cities first, then worry about linking them up. If you do it backwards then it's gonna fail, then setback the rail movement here in the US for decades. And that simply cant happen.
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