06-28-2024, 04:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-28-2024, 05:01 AM by danbrotherston.)
(06-27-2024, 07:59 PM)bravado Wrote: I think it's pretty clear that the LRT is more of a city-building project than it is a people-moving project. Even moreso in Cambridge.
And I think this is a good thing.
Building transit is part of building a city...we shouldn't (and can't) build the city first, and then build transit. They can only come together.
And if it takes a decade after building the LRT for the city to be built, that's fine, again the assumption that the same city would be built without the LRT is wrong...it isn't a waste of money to build the LRT as part of building the city, just because one part might be finished (or finished is a bad word, citybuilding is never "finished", "justified" is probably closer to the meaning) before the other...they justify each other. Also worth noting, roads are never held to this standard, just look at Ira Needles.
But also...if we aren't willing to build the city, then building the LRT won't change that either.