haltcatchfire
Senior Member
I'm not entirely sure I understand why the Green Line needs to go all the way to Shepard in it's first iteration. If it were me, I'd say focus on the low hanging fruit first: Centre Street to 26th Ave, build the O&M there, and then incrementally add the extensions as funding comes available. The people who moved 25km+ outside of downtown obviously don't care about rapid public transit, I should know, that's where I grew up.
The idea that whenever we provide a service, that it must reach all corners of the city equally is extremely flawed IMO, and it's holding us back from achieving really great things.
We probably could have the Green Line meaningfully under construction by this point, with the Eau Claire Redevelopment under construction, and have planned a Beltline streetcar circuit with the extra money. But sure, lets focus on providing transit to people who don't want it, and get nothing done as a result...
It needs to reach the maintenance/storage facility.