arlington revolted against the streetcar idea from nowhere

arlington revolted against the streetcar idea from nowhere
by NDWahoo (2022-05-25 12:34:19)

In reply to: Milwaukee spent $140MM on a streetcar to go 2 miles posted by tar

to nowhere. Had the full support of the county board - one of whom was a consultant for the winning bidder to construct it. Resulted in the only republican (running as an independent) making it on the board in like 30 years.

I think it must be like the musicman. Some guy thinks up something splashy, and gets virtue signalling local governments to sign on the dotted line.

"Monorail!"

Columbia Pike is one of the busiest bus lines in DC area.

Nowhere to nowhere? That's just flat out wrong. It's the busiest bus corridor in Virginia and there is tremendous in-fill potential along the Pike and in Skyline. Also connects to the Route 7 corridor.

Whether light rail could run down it, in-traffic, down the narrow corridor? That's a different argument. But it does no one any good to make up facts like nowhere to nowhere.

Is there a chance the track could bend? *

Not on your life, my Hindu friend *