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#21
Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure / Re: Is U2C serious? Help me ma...
Last post by marcuscnelson - April 02, 2026, 04:34:42 PMI... depending on how you slice it, might disagree in part here.
Obviously NAVI is a disaster, and has no business wrecking the Skyway infrastructure. And it's past time to stop spending millions of tax dollars on experimenting (especially with this RFP being in part an admission that this stuff in this context still isn't actually ready for prime time) with such a desperate need to get basic transit operations back in shape.
However, at the right level of financial and institutional commitment, it does probably make some sense to invest in improving those basic transit operations with things like better Transit Signal Priority and preemption, fitting autonomous kits to buses to operate more efficiently (akin to Super Cruise on GM vehicles), perhaps reducing the cost of automated train control on the Skyway, or even running some reasonable high-frequency circulator loops that connect to the Skyway (such as to RiversEdge, maybe through Brooklyn now that infill has probably foreclosed further Skyway expansion, or in San Marco proper, or Cathedral Hill). Those are all potential applications of this process. But those are small, practical transit solutions and not a half-billion-dollar program you get to have parties and junkets for.
Deciding that now is the time to calm down and reduce U2C to primarily a skunkworks "Test & Learn" program while investing in regular mass transit that might be improved by the experiments is perfectly sensible, even if late. Doubling down on spending more money on this at the expense of literally everything else, that's dumb.
Obviously NAVI is a disaster, and has no business wrecking the Skyway infrastructure. And it's past time to stop spending millions of tax dollars on experimenting (especially with this RFP being in part an admission that this stuff in this context still isn't actually ready for prime time) with such a desperate need to get basic transit operations back in shape.
However, at the right level of financial and institutional commitment, it does probably make some sense to invest in improving those basic transit operations with things like better Transit Signal Priority and preemption, fitting autonomous kits to buses to operate more efficiently (akin to Super Cruise on GM vehicles), perhaps reducing the cost of automated train control on the Skyway, or even running some reasonable high-frequency circulator loops that connect to the Skyway (such as to RiversEdge, maybe through Brooklyn now that infill has probably foreclosed further Skyway expansion, or in San Marco proper, or Cathedral Hill). Those are all potential applications of this process. But those are small, practical transit solutions and not a half-billion-dollar program you get to have parties and junkets for.
Deciding that now is the time to calm down and reduce U2C to primarily a skunkworks "Test & Learn" program while investing in regular mass transit that might be improved by the experiments is perfectly sensible, even if late. Doubling down on spending more money on this at the expense of literally everything else, that's dumb.
#22
Downtown / Re: New Ford on Bay RFP
Last post by tufsu1 - April 02, 2026, 03:44:35 PMQuote from: jaxlongtimer on April 02, 2026, 12:51:46 PMI still think Shad has a dream of hosting the convention center near the stadium. Buying the fair grounds, developing the 4 seasons, supporting the MOSH move, upgrading the stadium, throwing dollars at Eastside upgrades, planning still for an entertainment complex... all ingredients for building a case for hosting a convention center in that area.
The more likely scenario at this point is the current jail site. After we find $500+ million to move it, then we can look for the $500+ million for a convention center.
Good thing UF won't be doing much to the Prime Osborn for at least 5 years
#23
Politics / Re: Trump Presidency #2
Last post by Todd_Parker - April 02, 2026, 02:30:35 PMQuote from: BridgeTroll on April 02, 2026, 01:12:12 PMLol... Bondi fired. Is this... regime change?
It was inevitable once the Dow dropped below 50,000 dollars.
Hope the campaign contribution she received to drop the investigation into Tr*mp U. was worth it.
#24
Politics / Re: Trump Presidency #2
Last post by BridgeTroll - April 02, 2026, 01:12:12 PMLol... Bondi fired. Is this... regime change?
#25
Downtown / Re: New Ford on Bay RFP
Last post by thelakelander - April 02, 2026, 01:02:13 PM^That's all opinion....which is why things like master plans are needed, so that all public and private investment can swim in the same direction. Otherwise, we'll keep going in circles and spend another 40 years talking about dreams of revitalizing downtown.
#26
Downtown / Re: New Ford on Bay RFP
Last post by jaxlongtimer - April 02, 2026, 12:51:46 PMI still think Shad has a dream of hosting the convention center near the stadium. Buying the fair grounds, developing the 4 seasons, supporting the MOSH move, upgrading the stadium, throwing dollars at Eastside upgrades, planning still for an entertainment complex... all ingredients for building a case for hosting a convention center in that area.
#27
Downtown / Re: New Ford on Bay RFP
Last post by thelakelander - April 02, 2026, 12:08:01 PM^Not for a convention center exhibition hall or something that may need large contiguous space. The block across the street is also still tied with Hyatt and their first right of refusal. So whatever goes there is going to linked to that previous deal and what makes best sense for Hyatt's viability
#28
Downtown / Re: New Ford on Bay RFP
Last post by JaGoaT - April 02, 2026, 11:34:48 AMI think breaking it up was genius and putting this in between the two remaining parcels does make them more attractive.
#29
Science and Technology / Re: Artemis
Last post by thelakelander - April 02, 2026, 10:54:30 AMThe crowd at Titusville's Space View Park:
#30
Downtown / Re: New Ford on Bay RFP
Last post by thelakelander - April 02, 2026, 10:09:54 AM^It is a weird location. At the very least, shift to the opposite side of the block, so that you'd preserve two large parcels being immediately adjacent to one another. But being the broken record over the years, this is something that a real master plan would have addressed decades ago.