Light Rail in Tucson?

[miamiman]

^^ Exactly. The modern streetcar rail costs almost $1200 per inch of track. That means a foot of rail is almost $15,000.

Here is an almost two year old animation of the streetcar from the city of Tucson. I have NEVER seen those many people walking and biking anywhere in Tucson ever.

Transit On the Move!

[AZLiam]

Originally Posted by miamiman

^^ Exactly. The modern streetcar rail costs almost $1200 per inch of track. That means a foot of rail is almost $15,000.

Here is an almost two year old animation of the streetcar from the city of Tucson. I have NEVER seen those many people walking and biking anywhere in Tucson ever.

Transit On the Move!

You must not get around a lot then. I'm always seeing people walking or cycling in different parts of Tucson. The same argument could be made about downtown Phoenix. There sure is a lot more foot traffic downtown since the light-rail was put in. I think you can attest to that.

[homlish560]

Originally Posted by Flec

What she meant was the modern streetcar. (It's basically the same concept as light rail but smaller.) The 2011 date is true, and it will be the four-mile line. There's a map and more info at tucsonstreetcar.org

Looks like it was voted on according to that link, and it won; so what's all the fuss???????

Tucson could use something like this, it's big enough to have a better Mass-transit System than what it has now.

It could also use another Freeway or 2.

[miamiman]

Originally Posted by AZLiam

You must not get around a lot then. I'm always seeing people walking or cycling in different parts of Tucson. The same argument could be made about downtown Phoenix. There sure is a lot more foot traffic downtown since the light-rail was put in. I think you can attest to that.

I get out quite often. The streets are never that full. They weren't in Phoenix before light-rail was implemented, and they aren't now.

[miamiman]

Originally Posted by homlish560

Looks like it was voted on according to that link, and it won; so what's all the fuss???????

Tucson could use something like this, it's big enough to have a better Mass-transit System than what it has now.

It could also use another Freeway or 2.

Tucsonans voted on transportation improvements, not a multi-million dollar streetcar that serves .5% of Tucson.

I agree with your assertion that Tucson could use a new freeway, but if you look at a thread I started several months ago, you will see that Tucsonans are pretty much against it.

[ZonyPony]

Originally Posted by miamiman

Tucsonans voted on transportation improvements, not a multi-million dollar streetcar that serves .5% of Tucson.

I agree with your assertion that Tucson could use a new freeway, but if you look at a thread I started several months ago, you will see that Tucsonans are pretty much against it.

How can Tucsonans take a guy seriously about light rail, freeways, or any other subject, when he demonstrates a user name of "Miamiman"; who declares that he lives in "Scottsdale" and/or "Catalina Foothills", and is endlessly talking about and/or making comparisons to Phoenix (see blog)?