Gattis on rethinking the transit plan
TORY GATTIS hopes that Mark Greenblatt's reporting on METRO's funny funding numbers might lead the agency to rethink its light rail plans:
My proposal would be to scale back the core LRT network to connecting just the major job centers and destinations. That network would free up money by temporarily switching the North, East, Southeast, and (probably) Uptown lines to fast, frequent signature bus service. They have relatively low ridership projections and are through neighborhoods with uncongested streets (except Uptown, of course, but it can ill-afford rail disruption on Post Oak) where buses work just fine for the demand. We can no longer afford speculative rail lines through uncongested low-density neighborhoods without major destinations, while hoping for long-term densification.
Gattis would have been a smart pick for METRO's board. It's too bad Mayor Parker didn't take that opportunity.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 04/19/10 09:32 PM | Print |
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