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moderndukes t1_j46wlge wrote

Reply to comment by No-Lunch4249 in A reminder that "light rail" (as a concept) and "The Light Rail" (that we have) are not synonymous by gaiusjuliusweezer

Howard St should just be pedestrianized down town. It would probably spur development there better than whatever the current plans are.

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Gitopia t1_j478q5t wrote

Old town mall would beg to differ.

Edit: although, OTM doesn't have light rail so maybe it could work.

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gaiusjuliusweezer OP t1_j47a976 wrote

The thing is, it helps to be near pedestrians

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Xanny t1_j484iul wrote

Nobody really lives downtown, though.

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gaiusjuliusweezer OP t1_j488t7a wrote

This has also been an obstacle, but it’s changing. Question is…do they ever come out of those apartments? How does it translate into street life?

Because the answer so far is: not much yet

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Xanny t1_j48i753 wrote

Its definite a bit.. annoying that I never just "go out" since its so risky in this city to just walk around sometimes and places.

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gaiusjuliusweezer OP t1_j48l406 wrote

Now, you do have large populations of people who walk to shit and can be engaged in basically l every single direction.

Unfortunately Councilman Eric Costello seems to haphazardly step all over every effort to connect to them whenever bike/scooter/ped infrastructure comes up.

Which is silly! It’s his district he’s hurting in favor of Cohen’s, which doesn’t have those high volume traffic sewers like Pratt/Lombard, Paca, MLK, etc. that repel pedestrians

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sit_down_man t1_j48v7e0 wrote

Yes. This is a great idea. There’s enough north/south roads for cars downtown, and especially now with remote work and Covid there’s way less congestion anyway. Return Howard street to the people and rail!

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