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[Maria C Winslow <maria.winslow AT windows-linux.com>]

The truth is that the (wider Triangle) area is really too far beyond a better 
mass transit system. The best we could hope for at this point is trains from 
park-and-ride lots in outlying suburbs to major centers of employment like 
downtown Raleigh or areas of the park. Something similar to the trains going 
from Long Island to NYC.  

I'm with Diane about having the busses run late enough for bar hopping, 
though! Of course, if we get together and develop our dream apartment 
building in Carrboro, we can just stumble home. That's what you do, isn't it, 
Dave?

By the way, I would call Southern Village something like New Small Townism, 
rather than new Urbanism. 

Maria

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 7:47 pm, Calvin Powers wrote:
> At 1/7/2003 01:26 PM, you wrote:
> >Imagine if you could get on a train in downtown Chapel Hill and wind up in
> >Raleigh less then 15 minutes later? Of course it would be even better if
> >Raleigh had half way decent land use. ;)
>
> But that doesn't count the time it takes to get to the train station. The
> time that it takes to wait on the train, and the time it takes to walk from
> the train station to where ever you are going in Raleigh.
>
> And how often would you expect the train to run? Every hour? Maybe every
> half hour? And how late at night do the trains run? And if it's raining I
> have to walk to and from the train station in the rain.  And how much is it
> going to cost me?
>
> And if the train gets there in 15 minutes, then I bet there isn't a single
> stop along the way, or maybe one at the most. So chances are that you'll be
> getting off the train quite a ways from where you want to go. Or if there
> are lots of convenient train stations along the way, then I bet it's not
> going to get you there quicker than a car.
>
> Just my opinion...
>
>