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Partly. The train will take 10 years to build (assuming it is on-time). We also feel that ride-share will continue to expand. We don't have any pooling servic
by jaxn 9y ago
Partly. The train will take 10 years to build (assuming it is on-time).
We also feel that ride-share will continue to expand. We don't have any pooling services (yet), but that is also inevitable.
The other big complaint is that this is one 25 mile train from one side of town. But we aren't a coastal city like Seattle (where public transit is doing well). We have 3 major interstates (i24, i40, and i65), so that means there are bedroom communities in 6 directions from town. And m at least one of those (i65 south of town) has a two-way rush hour due to so many people living in Nashville and working in the south suburb (Brentwood / Franklin). Of course, that is not where the train is going b/c that is the wealthiest suburb and they don't want a train.
So, shuttling in a few people from one side of town into an urban core with a lackluster hub/spoke bus system inside the city, isn't going to do much.
The strongest argument for Mayor Barry's proposal seems to be "We have to do SOMETNING, so let's do this."
- JoBrad 9y agoIt’s not like Nashville can make Brentwood and Franklin build rail to match the rail that Nashville would supposedly build. And given that those cities have shown very little interest in building rail, it makes a lot more sense to focus on what we can impact.
- sliverstorm 9y agoIs there a real reason to believe that highways can provide all the transit the city will ever need? Like, if only people would finally rideshare (which cities have been promoting since, what, the 60's) all the traffic would be gone? Is there a train layout that would be much more attractive?
- jaxn 9y agoMy comment about the highways is that people live/work in 6 directions (due to traditional access via interstates). A train on one of them won't do much, especially since it isn't even the busiest direction.
- JoBrad 9y agoThe 10-year proposal includes light rail in several directions. Not sure why you think it’s only 1? http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/10/26/nashville-underground-tunnel-why-mayor-megan-barry-transit-team-says-tunnel-wouldnt-too-big-dig/795533001/ http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/10/26/nashville-un...
- jaxn 9y agoNot really. It comes to downtown from the north, and then goes west, but stops at I440. So that has zero benefit to the people who commute from the west on I40.
- smileysteve 9y ago> A train on one of them won't do much It won't do much, but it might do a little. If 1% of that 18% takes the train any amount of their commute, it can have a significant impact. I'm in Atlanta. Only about ~5% of our metro population uses the train. But that's 200k people. If the alternative is most of those 200k people and they're each individually a car taking up about 50sq feet (10x5) -- you can bet our traffic would be much worse.