by DogBert
They literally don't know what they're talking about. There's a nice eye-popping take down of this 'idea' here:
http://ltvsquad.com/2015/10/22/disassem ... mall-plan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(Bob Holden must have read that article, since he also calls it an 'idea' and not an actual plan).
In a nutshell Crowley is pushing her idea because her real estate developer friends own property near atlas mall. They also own a 'performing arts space' along the bush. No better way to increase property value than with transit.
Light rail on the bushwick branch not only doesn't make sense, the ROW isn't wide enough for 2 tracks along much of the route.
Crowley is also in bed with your friends 'CURES', she says that running passenger trains could prevent freight trains, which 'threaten' the community. Her words, not mine. I guess she feels more threatened by two trash trains moving in the middle of the night verses hundreds of thousands of garbage truck trips.
http://ltvsquad.com/2015/10/22/disassem ... mall-plan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(Bob Holden must have read that article, since he also calls it an 'idea' and not an actual plan).
In a nutshell Crowley is pushing her idea because her real estate developer friends own property near atlas mall. They also own a 'performing arts space' along the bush. No better way to increase property value than with transit.
Light rail on the bushwick branch not only doesn't make sense, the ROW isn't wide enough for 2 tracks along much of the route.
Crowley is also in bed with your friends 'CURES', she says that running passenger trains could prevent freight trains, which 'threaten' the community. Her words, not mine. I guess she feels more threatened by two trash trains moving in the middle of the night verses hundreds of thousands of garbage truck trips.