by atsf sp
Once a gain anything that is proposed and will probably happened has been turned into a wild conversation about what we think is best. Let me summarize what you guys have proposed.
The T should 1. Buy land that it does not currently own.
2. Extend service away from a line that is already in place.
3. Build parking garages in different locations other than build a garage at a train station.
4. Find the magic money the T needs for all of this extra buying.
I say this is a great thing for Salem.
1. It stops the major problem of Salem's parking situation for the MBTA.
2. It will allow more parking oppurtuninities in the city of Salem which is growing even more as an evermore important suburb.
3. The area around the station is already becoming an area of development. With the new condos across from the station, the new condos in the old jail, and other construction, this is developing and a new garage will further the area.
4. If anyone wants to complain about views being disrupted, the view that will be disrupted will be that of a junkyard across the river.
5. The community is happy about the project, yet people on here are critical.
6. How could the T expand bus services when they are at max operation of the fleet and would have to establish new lines that would be unprofitable at the begining at a time T is already strapped for cash? People want to do what they already do and that is drive to a commuter railroad because you can't walk from peabody easily to get to the stop.
7. If anyone argues about the roundhouse/turntable means the project should end is crazy. It has been under a parking lot for years, there are many of these remanants around. The salem roundhaouse was like all others and no true special. People living in Salem for years did not even realize it was there. And if anyone is worried about this archaelogical/historical dig dont because it is state protocal.
I'm not trying to start a fight, just stating the basic facts.
The T should 1. Buy land that it does not currently own.
2. Extend service away from a line that is already in place.
3. Build parking garages in different locations other than build a garage at a train station.
4. Find the magic money the T needs for all of this extra buying.
I say this is a great thing for Salem.
1. It stops the major problem of Salem's parking situation for the MBTA.
2. It will allow more parking oppurtuninities in the city of Salem which is growing even more as an evermore important suburb.
3. The area around the station is already becoming an area of development. With the new condos across from the station, the new condos in the old jail, and other construction, this is developing and a new garage will further the area.
4. If anyone wants to complain about views being disrupted, the view that will be disrupted will be that of a junkyard across the river.
5. The community is happy about the project, yet people on here are critical.
6. How could the T expand bus services when they are at max operation of the fleet and would have to establish new lines that would be unprofitable at the begining at a time T is already strapped for cash? People want to do what they already do and that is drive to a commuter railroad because you can't walk from peabody easily to get to the stop.
7. If anyone argues about the roundhouse/turntable means the project should end is crazy. It has been under a parking lot for years, there are many of these remanants around. The salem roundhaouse was like all others and no true special. People living in Salem for years did not even realize it was there. And if anyone is worried about this archaelogical/historical dig dont because it is state protocal.
I'm not trying to start a fight, just stating the basic facts.