Streetcar Article

Started by tufsu1, August 17, 2012, 08:25:19 AM

BridgeTroll

QuoteStreetcar to Riverside or and Springfield with downtown in the middle anyone?"

Sorry but I had to... :)
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BrooklynSouth

Quote from: Adam W on August 17, 2012, 11:45:36 AM
"These things to help generate urban infill development and they get more ridership when they are designed to connect urban neighborhoods instead of being small loops that never leave downtown.  Streetcar to Riverside or Springfield with downtown in the middle anyone?"

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Development in Brooklyn stalled with the housing crash, but a streetcar line running up and down Riverside Ave to Bay St would be a fantastic way to spur aprtment/condo development across the street from the Brooklyn office buildings.
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