Posted Jul 24, 2019, 5:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Milwaukee/Tosa
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Let me begin by saying I was a pretty strong streetcar supporter but, the more I think about it, the more laughable Milwaukee’s attempt at fixed rail transit seems. We have a fairly short (and in my opinion useless) starter line. We also have a half finished, now stalled, lakefront line to nowhere with no end of the line in sight. On top of that, we can’t extend the streetcar because of some individual alderman’s little pissing match. AND, the most logical extension, one that would make this system actually useful, going up the densely populated east side, isn’t even on the table. Even if it was, I could see that alderman trying to kill it. It would go through Bauman’s district and we know he isn’t a fan of density or anything that makes his Lake Drive lawyer friends upset. Between the streetcar and the Couture (the L-lines planned terminus), this whole situation has become a laughing stock.
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