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Originally Posted by Future Mayor
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Wow! Look at all that potential! I can see a lot of dense developments and TOD's filling in this area (especially when FrontRunner is completed) in conjunction with a beautiful river-front open space along the Jordan River (there already is, but I can see it being expanded to include more trails, playgrounds, parks, swamp lands, and just untouched land). The Draper-Bluffdale-Riverton area shows a lot of great potential! Let's just hope they develop it wisely (it looks like they are doing a good job so far - as far as planning goes, anyway).
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Originally Posted by Orlando
What good would a street car do from North Temple in Salt Lake to centerville in Davis county do when we have Front Runner that covers that portion? Besides street cars are much slower than light rail and commuter rail.
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I see two deffinate advantages: 1) Much cheaper than FrontRunner. 2) Can service local areas in between FrontRunner stations.
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Originally Posted by cololi
This should be LRT, not street car.
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I totally agree! When I think "street car", I think San Francisco. As nice as those street-cars are, they get extremely crowded and aren't the most comfortable. I couldn't imagine riding one of those all the way to Centerville!! Then there's the fact that it's on the street - which isn't any better than a bus - or a car for that matter. That would be a long, uncomfortable commute. Light-rail would be much more efficient and comfortable. Even a BRT route would be better. I think a street-car system in SLC right around downtown and south east into the sugar house/Harvard-Yale area would be a great investment. Into Davis County, however, I think is a terrible idea
