[Durham INC] Fwd: FW: Share your thoughts on the Durham-Orange Light Rail (D-OLRT) project!!!

[Angel Romero]

Light rail works if it's designed the right away. Most developed 
countries do not have railroad intersections at the same level. Either 
bridges or tunnels (or trenches) are made to prevent the problem you are 
referring to. In fact, many countries build tunnels for trains in urban 
areas and the reclaimed surface area becomes extremely valuable real 
estate. If the light rail in our area is built with crossings at the 
same level, I agree with you that it's a a bad idea because it will 
indeed generate traffic backups and eventually some accident.

Angel Romero
http://worldmusiccentral.org

On 10/9/2014 9:28 PM, Joshua Allen wrote:
> I think everyone is getting caught up in the hoopla of a train. I 
> think trains are really cool too....  When they are underground or for 
> longer distances.  Light rail is terrible.  I've seen it first hand in 
> Houston and it backs up traffic tremendously.  They cause lights to 
> turn and stay red much more often. You can wait several cycles of red 
> lights before getting through an intersection if you are a driver.
>
> And you can give the middle finger to cars all you want, but I'm sure 
> most of us drive cars everyday and will continue to drive them even if 
> we get light rail.  Subway is awesome. Light rail is awful.  If you 
> disagree, at least go somewhere that has it, try to drive near it, and 
> see how great you think it is then.  Erwin Road already sucks and it 
> will suck way way worse if we put light rail down the middle. This is 
> all wishful utopian thinking but a really bad idea in practice.
>
> --Joshua
> -----
> Sent from iPhone.  Please excuse brevity, typos, etc.
>
> On Oct 9, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Don Moffitt <don.moffitt at gmail.com 
> <mailto:don.moffitt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Smart, Lindsay
>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 3:08 PM
>> To: Smart, Lindsay
>> Subject: Share your thoughts on the Durham-Orange Light Rail (D-OLRT) 
>> project!!!
>>
>> Want to learn more about the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit 
>> (D-OLRT)Project? Drop in to one of four public meetings coming up 
>> November 18-20. Meeting locations and times can be found at 
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>> Share your opinions with us. Please take our survey at: 
>> ourtransitfuture.com <http://ourtransitfuture.com> or gotriangle.org 
>> <http://gotriangle.org>, before November 7th so that your comments 
>> can be included in our public outreach report during the November 
>> meetings.
>>
>> If you would like to schedule a meeting for project staff to provide 
>> more D-OLRT information to your neighborhood, contact Natalie Murdock 
>> at (919) 485-7569 <tel:%28919%29%20485-7569> or email her at 
>> nmurdock at triangletransit.org 
>> <mailto:nmurdock at triangletransit.org><mailto:nmurdock at triangletransit.org 
>> <mailto:nmurdock at triangletransit.org>>.
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