zeitgeist57 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 http://www.columbusunderground.com/underground-light-rail-idea-presented-as-connect-columbus-initiative-continues-bw1 A subway line???? Seriously, some of these "downtown interconnection" people are absolute morons in my book. We can barely keep concrete curbs from breaking apart after a few winters in our area and they want us to start digging subway tunnels? ATTENTION HIPSTERS: Keep convincing people to bike and walk more. Don't worry about convincing the general public that a $2 billion subway line is a good idea when COTA can't even survive without a subsidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyM3rC Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Yep. OR maybe they can just tax the people that want it until they have enough to fund it? Donate as much as you can and we'll let you know when it's doable! Cue picture of donatation thermometer with subway at the top and tards throwing their credit cards at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Still better than what the morons here in Texas are dead set on spending billions on. http://texascentral.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeesammy Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Waiting for Geeto's long winded response since he is our resident expert on all topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Still better than what the morons here in Texas are dead set on spending billions on. http://texascentral.com/ They're on the right track... What they need is one that runs East/West and carries your car with you. :burn: Fuck all, what a ridiculously long drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 They're on the right track... What they need is one that runs East/West and carries your car with you. :burn: Fuck all, what a ridiculously long drive. This will be a project that they throw away billions of dollars on so a few homeless people can ride between the cities instead of chillin' in a bus station. Besides, the drive is nice, 85mph speed limit in Texas buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwg2189 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Above ground light rail won't happen in Columbus anytime soon. Underground light rail DEFINITELY won't happen in Columbus anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Waiting for Geeto's long winded response since he is our resident expert on all topics. :masturboy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPL_Josh Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Columbus is too small of a city for a subway anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 The last time we talked about something like this it turned into a racist hate fest with a lot of NIMBY bullshit about urban groups invading the "nice" neighborhood. No. Thank. You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lag wagon Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 Oh man, what a solution to all that unbearable traffic between downtown and campus. :dumb: (I would actually support a roughly diamond-shaped, above ground light rail loop connecting Upper Arlington, Polaris, Easton and the Short North....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Gump 9 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 What's the population of Cbus? About 1 million? So $2k a person? Can I pay my $2k to have nicer road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrmnhrm Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Edited July 18, 2015 by zeitgeist57 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted July 18, 2015 Report Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm all about public transit but this is fucking retarded. What they need to do is tear COTA to pieces and rebuild it into something well planned and efficient. as it is COTA is a clusterfuck and does as much damage as good. if COTA can prove that it can run a bus system efficiently, then maybe we give a shot at ABOVE ground rail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 I would vote for a high speed / semi-high speed rail that connects Cinci / Cbus / Cleve (maybe dayton?) before I voted for any sort of light rail system in cbus. the construction alone would take 10 years and the city simply isn't big enough to support it. So we're going to tax a guy who lives in Reynoldsburg and works in Westerville to pay for a light rail system that he will never use? makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 I would vote for a high speed / semi-high speed rail that connects Cinci / Cbus / Cleve (maybe dayton?) before I voted for any sort of light rail system in cbus. the construction alone would take 10 years and the city simply isn't big enough to support it. So we're going to tax a guy who lives in Reynoldsburg and works in Westerville to pay for a light rail system that he will never use? makes sense. A circular rail that follows 270 would have to be incorporated in some way. it's the only way it makes any sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagner Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 This is exactly what I hear every time the light rail talk comes up. Why fix what is already in place when you can pass more laws and tax more for something that won't work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 A circular rail that follows 270 would have to be incorporated in some way. it's the only way it makes any sense They'll build it. But for cost reasons, it'll end up circling Buckeye lake and collecting dust. All those involved will shunt responsibility with a shrug of the shoulders and the purchase of pants with bigger pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Give some tax breaks for businesses to increase telecommuting. The COTA park-n-ride near my house has only been used by the same 15 people for the last 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Anyone remember this? http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2015/03/11/new-albany-ohio-potholes-fog-make-for-damaging-commute-for-cars-on-161.html How about instead of dreaming about this horseshit they actually stop holding up ODOT in fixing the roads running through their city? Or maybe taking a little responsibility in fixing the roads that are their problem? http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2015/04/13/route-161-paving-moved-up-two-years.html To this day when I drive on 161 (multiple times a day, every day) I'm still trying to avoid all the rough spots where they didn't bother doing any patching until well into spring, and did a horrible job at it. So what's going to happen to this light rail when it starts to deteriorate because they don't feel the need to do any kind of maintenance ever? Come up with another scheme like the red light camera bribery to pay for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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