Of the five initial operating segment proposals for Austin's light rail system, @CapMetroATX should definitely choose the one that keeps an underground segment downtown.
It's the clear best option from a long-term planning perspective.
It's the clear best option from a long-term planning perspective.
Yes, it's not the option with the most coverage upfront, and yes, it'll suck the line won't initially go to the airport. But it makes more sense to start with expensive infrastructure that gives the trunk room for capacity, rather than go for length first and risk bottlenecks.
We don't want Austin to make the same mistake as Dallas.
DART has a big chokepoint downtown where a bunch of lines converge on an at-grade segment, and they're only now trying to plan out an underground segment to ease that pressure.
DART has a big chokepoint downtown where a bunch of lines converge on an at-grade segment, and they're only now trying to plan out an underground segment to ease that pressure.
Anyway, I'm curious to know whether other Austin-area urbanists have different thoughts on the new #ProjectConnect updates.
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