From a morning story in the Express-News about the battle for the City Council seat in District 8:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/met...t.34fe0d1.html
Candidates such as Stribling, 51, and Obledo, 37,
want to revive the prospect of building light rail in the city and creating multimodal, regional transportation plans.
Obledo said revisiting light rail, an effort that failed to gain voter approval in 2000, would do more than alleviate congestion.
"Think of the impact it could have," Obledo said. "It would stimulate the economy, provide jobs and it would mean cleaner air. I think it could truly revitalize areas when you look at the dead zones."
Stribling said a transportation plan should look out 20 to 25 years and include accurate population projections. "I'm not sure if changing the timing of lights is going to help in the long term."
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