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Old 12-07-2012, 08:14 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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This is the case in most larger urban areas. It is what makes an area attractive to a lot of people. There are tons of areas in Florida for the less progressive types.
So, because someone doesn't like building up, rather than out, and having super transit makes them less progressive ? According to who ?

I'm sure Florida could start building up, and building bullet trains, and building top notch public transportation systems, but are you ready to pay the same taxes that those states that have such great things pay ? I'm sure you'd be okay with a state income tax too ?
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Old 12-07-2012, 08:32 PM
 
Location: Wake County, NC
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So, because someone doesn't like building up, rather than out, and having super transit makes them less progressive ? According to who ?

I'm sure Florida could start building up, and building bullet trains, and building top notch public transportation systems, but are you ready to pay the same taxes that those states that have such great things pay ? I'm sure you'd be okay with a state income tax too ?
Who was talking about building up rather than out? I think having super transit would make an area more progressive. You don't? I am ready to pay, but since I'm leaving this hellhole I'll pay somewhere else.
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Old 12-07-2012, 08:44 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Who was talking about building up rather than out? I think having super transit would make an area more progressive. You don't? I am ready to pay, but since I'm leaving this hellhole I'll pay somewhere else.
If any of Florida's cities had a huge city population, that would make sense. If you have large metro's, population spread out over a vast amount of land, it doesn't make sense, especially financially..

Realistically...

Jacksonville has a population of 827,908.
Miami has a population of 408,750.
Tampa has a population of 346,037.
Orlando has a population of 243,195.
Tallahassee has a population of 182,965.

New York City has a population of 8,244,910.

Just out of curiosity, if you were going to create a new, state of the art transit system in Miami, how far outside of the city would you go ?
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Old 12-07-2012, 08:50 PM
 
Location: Wake County, NC
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If any of Florida's cities had a huge city population, that would make sense. If you have large metro's, population spread out over a vast amount of land, it doesn't make sense, especially financially..

Realistically...

Jacksonville has a population of 827,908.
Miami has a population of 408,750.
Tampa has a population of 346,037.
Orlando has a population of 243,195.
Tallahassee has a population of 182,965.

New York City has a population of 8,244,910.

Just out of curiosity, if you were going to create a new, state of the art transit system in Miami, how far outside of the city would you go ?
Give the metro populations of these cities. Besides Jacksonville and Tallahassee. You don't even need to give the "expanded metro", just the metro. Lets say go 10-15 miles out.
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Old 12-07-2012, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Give the metro populations of these cities. Besides Jacksonville and Tallahassee. You don't even need to give the "expanded metro", just the metro.
The metro populations don't matter because mass transit isn't designed to service cities with sprawl.

Just to appease you...

Miami - 5,007,564
Tampa - 4,228,855
Orlando - 2,134,411
Jacksonville - 1,345,596
Tallahassee - 320,304

New York - 22,085,649.
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Old 12-07-2012, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Wake County, NC
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The metro populations don't matter because mass transit isn't designed to service cities with sprawl.

Just to appease you...

Miami - 5,007,564
Tampa - 4,228,855
Orlando - 2,134,411
Jacksonville - 1,345,596
Tallahassee - 320,304

New York - 22,085,649.
It's being redesigned to accommodate sprawl. At least in progressive cities. Even the Research Triangle is planning light rail. Atlanta has the MARTA, their population is large, but Atlanta is one of the biggest sprawled out messes I've ever seen.
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Old 12-07-2012, 10:43 PM
 
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It's being redesigned to accommodate sprawl. At least in progressive cities. Even the Research Triangle is planning light rail. Atlanta has the MARTA, their population is large, but Atlanta is one of the biggest sprawled out messes I've ever seen.
Which "progressive" cities are redesigning their transit to accommodate sprawl ?

If you'll look at Atlanta's transit (MARTA - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority), the rail doesn't cover a majority of the city, it mainly goes north/south and east/west and in almost each case, it mirrors the interstate (I-85 N/S and I-20 E/W) with a few spur routes along highway 141.

Atlanta's other transit is city buses, which every metro has.

If you want to talk about a sprawling city with pretty decent transit, I think Dallas could be mentioned (DART.org - Dallas Area Rapid Transit) The trains in Dallas pretty much cover the entire city and include areas like Irvin and even Ft. Worth.

I'm not against investment in mass transit, I just don't think it's feasible for some areas, especially in cities where people value their vehicles over riding a train. I think if they expanded the current rail in Houston to outlying areas in the city, it would be BRUTAL on traffic.. we already have rail cars getting hit by buses as it is..
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Old 12-08-2012, 12:14 AM
 
Location: Wake County, NC
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]Which "progressive" cities are redesigning their transit to accommodate spraw[/b]l ?

If you'll look at Atlanta's transit (MARTA - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority), the rail doesn't cover a majority of the city, it mainly goes north/south and east/west and in almost each case, it mirrors the interstate (I-85 N/S and I-20 E/W) with a few spur routes along highway 141.

Atlanta's other transit is city buses, which every metro has.

If you want to talk about a sprawling city with pretty decent transit, I think Dallas could be mentioned (DART.org - Dallas Area Rapid Transit) The trains in Dallas pretty much cover the entire city and include areas like Irvin and even Ft. Worth.

I'm not against investment in mass transit, I just don't think it's feasible for some areas, especially in cities where people value their vehicles over riding a train. I think if they expanded the current rail in Houston to outlying areas in the city, it would be BRUTAL on traffic.. we already have rail cars getting hit by buses as it is..
Our nations capital. And, like I mentioned before, Raleigh/Durham, but they are designing, not redesigning. I'm sure if I dug deeper I could find more.

Your reference to Dallas just pretty much killed your whole argument.
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Old 12-08-2012, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Your reference to Dallas just pretty much killed your whole argument.
Were you educated within the Florida school system ? You need help with reading comprehension. I specifically said "If you want to talk about a sprawling city with pretty decent transit, I think Dallas could be mentioned." I never said it shouldn't be done. I said it's not cost efficient for Florida.

Dallas/Ft. Worth is a larger metro, and both have larger city populations than Florida's largest city, Miami.
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Old 12-08-2012, 11:26 AM
 
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