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Originally Posted by soleri
While traffic is a legitimate concern, they'll be the beneficiaries of light rail, too.
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I have difficulties with people who use additional trafic as ammunition for shooting down projects like this. It's patently unfair to move to the center city--this thing is 3 blocks off Phoenix's main N/S drag--and still demand a leisurely suburban lifestyle with little traffic.
Yes, this is the thing we inadvertently asked for when we decided to tear up Central for light rail even tho TOD has more to say about setbacks and sidewalks than building height and intensity.
Whether or not this concept is fully understood by the masses in the adjoining neighborhoods will likely fuel many future zoning battles in this City, tho I suspect we're going to be dragged kicking and screaming into Real City tiers with this kind of development whether we like it or not.