Just a quick sidebar...I just got back from a luncheon where Brewster McCracken was the guest speaker. Pretty interesting stuff, but primarily focused on VMU. Of course, due to the inherent tie between development and transportation, the latter came up in a few questions.
Anyway, I figured I'd stop him afterwards to have a chat. He was, of course, very excited at the VMU overlay and the prospects for various parts of town along "
core transit corridors". M1EK, to address something you brought up a few posts ago, it appears that East Riverside has by far and away the most significant development activity according to the new VMU guidelines, and as such, is being looked at as a natural rail transit corridor. (something like 8 or so projects under Council consideration, with a recent pretty cool looking 4-story VMU just approved)
We didn't delve into the particulars on what transit type may be implemented where, but we exchanged contact info as I expressed interest in one of the task forces for Wynn's transit desires. He seemed very receptive to what the engineering community had to say about it all.