Comments on: Response to Beyond Chron Editorial http://www.centralsubwayblog.com/blog/2009/11/response-to-beyond-chron-editorial/ Connecting people. Connecting Communities. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:12:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: St Albans Builders http://www.centralsubwayblog.com/blog/2009/11/response-to-beyond-chron-editorial/comment-page-1/#comment-18 St Albans Builders Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:41:35 +0000 http://www.centralsubwayblog.com/blog/?p=54#comment-18 @Mark a little harsh but I underatand your comments. @Mark a little harsh but I underatand your comments.

]]> By: samlei72 http://www.centralsubwayblog.com/blog/2009/11/response-to-beyond-chron-editorial/comment-page-1/#comment-17 samlei72 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:21:12 +0000 http://www.centralsubwayblog.com/blog/?p=54#comment-17 i think all construction project specially with this magnitude and specifications undergone with much study and much research, authorities knows what they are doing and this project which i am pretty sure is for the good of all people concerns. <br> <br><a href="http://www.transworldconstruction.co.uk/Services/Plumbing" rel="nofollow">http://www.transworldconstruction.co.uk/Service...</a><br><a href="http://www.transworldconstruction.co.uk/Services/LoftConversions" rel="nofollow">http://www.transworldconstruction.co.uk/Service...</a> i think all construction project specially with this magnitude and specifications undergone with much study and much research, authorities knows what they are doing and this project which i am pretty sure is for the good of all people concerns.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.centralsubwayblog.com/blog/2009/11/response-to-beyond-chron-editorial/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Mark Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:37:41 +0000 http://www.centralsubwayblog.com/blog/?p=54#comment-10 The Central Subway is a failure in its purpose, concept and design. The powers-at-be were idiots for never pushing for Phase Two to include North Beach and beyond. With opening day a decade away this means that any attempt to bring a true north-south connection is at least 20 years away. This is quite sad. Much of SF is as dense as NYC, yet, with the exception of the congested Market St. Subway, there is no rapid transit in place. (Even this attempt is hampered by 5 lines merging in one tunnel that causes major delays on most days. Trust me, I rode it for 8 years.) Unless the transit system pulls its head out of its butt soon more people will take to the roads in their cars. SOMA is slated for hundreds of new commercial and residential units, yet there is NO mass transit planned for the area. The only purpose of the Central Subway is to connect two Chinese communities. It will generate very few new riders and without a true terminus and greater purpose it is obsolete before it is built.<br><br>I am a HUGE fan and supporter of mass transit. I lived and breathed the subway systems of NYC and Washington, DC when I lived there. I didn't need to own a car. I was in college when Buffalo opened its light rail system, a 6-mile stretch of tunnel and downtown pedestrian mall that replaced a single bus line. I found out that no system is perfect in its design or effectiveness. (For example, it took 2 train connections to get me from the Upper West Side to Midtown East.) The residents of San Francisco deserve a real mass transit system that connects major residential and commercial centers, not a politically-charged Band-Aid that goes nowhere. The Central Subway is a failure in its purpose, concept and design. The powers-at-be were idiots for never pushing for Phase Two to include North Beach and beyond. With opening day a decade away this means that any attempt to bring a true north-south connection is at least 20 years away. This is quite sad. Much of SF is as dense as NYC, yet, with the exception of the congested Market St. Subway, there is no rapid transit in place. (Even this attempt is hampered by 5 lines merging in one tunnel that causes major delays on most days. Trust me, I rode it for 8 years.) Unless the transit system pulls its head out of its butt soon more people will take to the roads in their cars. SOMA is slated for hundreds of new commercial and residential units, yet there is NO mass transit planned for the area. The only purpose of the Central Subway is to connect two Chinese communities. It will generate very few new riders and without a true terminus and greater purpose it is obsolete before it is built.

I am a HUGE fan and supporter of mass transit. I lived and breathed the subway systems of NYC and Washington, DC when I lived there. I didn't need to own a car. I was in college when Buffalo opened its light rail system, a 6-mile stretch of tunnel and downtown pedestrian mall that replaced a single bus line. I found out that no system is perfect in its design or effectiveness. (For example, it took 2 train connections to get me from the Upper West Side to Midtown East.) The residents of San Francisco deserve a real mass transit system that connects major residential and commercial centers, not a politically-charged Band-Aid that goes nowhere.

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