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Posted by RonInBayside on Sun Jul 30 18:31:26 2006, in response to Germantown Ave's Abandoned Tracks (was: Rockaway Beach Line's Abandoned Tracks...), posted by WillD on Sun Jul 30 17:29:55 2006. "For those members who weren't paying attention the tracks are being replaced because the Chestnut Hill merchants along Germantown Ave feel that the 23's tracks increase the attraction of their business district."If that is the case, then of course we're talking aesthetics, not function. The merchants attitude has nothing to do with whether or not the tracks function. So you can rip down the catenary and leave the tracks for their effect. And this confirms you do NOT know what the streets dept engineers are thinking. "If you think that Mayor Street, or his undoubted replacement, Michael Nutter, actually gives a crap about Philadelphia's transit " If they don't, it again proves my point. "Is that a half dozen vehicles a minute, an hour, a day or, per week?" Per day. I worked out of my house and could hear and see them passing. "Have SEPTA build the Midvale Rt56 depot, and restore the 56 to LRV operation. Then convert the 23 to Trolleybus operation with the operations shared between Southern Depot and Midvale, which would require installing ..." Nice fantasy, but to whom and how are you going to sell any plan? I said I wouldn't be opposed to a trolley bus on Germantown Av but if SEPTA leaves the route just as it is (bus only) I'd understand. Maybe they could use hybrid buses or CNG buses to reduce pollution. I tink there are parts of the route which are dense enough to support a two-track subway under Germantown Av. SEPTA would never get the money to do it but a Germantown Av subway line (call it the Purple Line, what the hell) once in operation would provide rapid transit service and not clog any streets. It might even help reduce congestion, and of course it would help Philadelphians who do not own cars (of which there are many). "Better to be a "could someday be" than a "never was"." I'm confident you'll get there. You go to a great school, you had to be bright to get in, and Drexel opens lots of doors for its graduates. Go out there and be the Chief Engineer of the next Philadelphia subway or rail project - or what the hell, put the trolley back on Germantown Av. But I want YOU to do it, so you can say "See Ron, you were wrong!" and mean it, and I can clap for your accomplishment. |
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