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MCTS Unveils New Buses
July 24th, 2010 at 12:16 pm@ Jerad. I ride the bus every day. Its the same interior, just a different color scheme. It will be nice to have something newer that is hopefully quieter and more efficient, but I’m not filled with awe with what I saw above.
No no no... No!
March 5th, 2010 at 11:12 pmThere are a million surface lots in the city. Michigan basically alternates between garages and surface lots. Clybourn is a virtual wasteland. One could debate the historical value of the buildings in question, but the larger question should be why that particular location. I know the developer owns it, but there are are so many opportunities to develop other sites. If they are dead set on the current site, then maybe they need to reconsider a better design that integrates the historic buildings into a better design. There needs to be a line. There is so much empty space downtown for excellent modern glassy, metal, etc wonderful concepts that we should not have to sacrifice any historical buildings. To be honest, I think we could develop for possibly the rest of my lifetime before needing to tear down historic buildings for new.
Waukesha County Will Love High-Speed Rail
March 5th, 2010 at 11:04 pmDavid- exactly you are dead on. People can ask how a train will pay for itself, but I never hear them ask how the Marquette Xchange, Zoo Xchange or the revamp of the I to Ill will pay for “itself”. As a taxpayer, I would much rather have my tax money be used towards something that I would use such as the train or a more advanced transit system in Milwaukee. I’ve lived by Marquette, the Eastside & now Bayview and I actually find it my civic duty to ride the bus to work downtown. Unfortunately I work with people who live in Juneau Village or the 3rd Ward and drive every day the 8 to 10 blocks to work. There is nothing wrong with people who want to drive, but I chose to live in a city, which is part of something larger. The whole purpose of living in this area is to share interactions with people and become something more than “ourself”. We live for the greater good, whether its better schools (MPS may be poorly rated, but there are classes offered that I could have never dreamed of), more exposure to cultural experiences (knuckleheads- whatever that may be- and all), and of course to provide better mass transit for all its residents. I feel strongly that people who are anti-mass-transit (excluding interstates) and choose to live in this metro region, are not willing to be members of that experience. At that point, just move to the real rural parts where I came from, where farming is a poverty line career, schools truly focus on the 3 R’s and where yes, one does drive on gravel roads occasionally Let’s see where that gets you. Right or wrong, I do not feel that the future will ask why we wasted so much on a train versus why we did nothing.