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I said that the questions being asked are how to balance the needs being convenient to as many people as possible vs. making an end to end trip as fast as possible:

Are connector lines for getting people from one radial line to another at the expense of serving people and places in between? Or, are they for getting the people in those in-between places to the radial rail lines/ getting people from the radial lines to the places in between? Finally, what is the proper balance between the needs of those traveling from one end to the other and those traveling only a few stations?

Remember that this project still has to compete for federal funds. The extra billion will make that process much harder. The New Starts process isn't very conducive to starting anything new. Maybe after the Transportation bill is rewritten and we get a New Starts that actually starts new projects we can design a system that is less concerned with immediate ridership.

Finally, the tunnel option would require the demolition of three houses while the surface option requires none.

by Cavan on Jun 9, 2009 2:25 pm • link • report

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