Erik Hare's blog post on Riverview Transit

Erick Hare is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee on the Riverview Corridor study. He recently posted in his blog about his observations and knowledge of West 7th Street transit study history. It is definitely worth a read.

Check out his blog in Barataria by clicking here.

He is asking the Fort Road community to enhance, modify, and add to these with input from everyone who is affected by this in our community.

Erik says, "Note that while this study has precluded the study of a streetcar or bus improvements on West Seventh, it doesn’t end them. Creating a high speed through line along existing trackage and/or Shepard Road cries out for a local service along Seventh that connects to the high speed line. The connections become critical in such a system, which is why I’m already focusing on how connections generally can be improved by this project." Administrator's note: The Riverview Corridor Study can look at a small start project such as a streetcar, as well as a new start project such as light rail, but it cannot end up recommending both.

Erik continues, "But it’s important to not get too far ahead of the project at this time. This is when we need public input more than anything else. While there are a lot of good ideas and obvious biases related to this project, they have to be evaluated based on what will serve people the best. That’s what matters most when spending a very large amount of public money."

"What do you think? All comments are most welcome. We’re just getting going on this thing and every bit of input helps," adds Erik Hare.

Will Streetcars Revive the Glory Days of Urban Transit?

This article about transit in Tucson, Arizona ran in a January 2014 Governing magazine. Click on the teal-colored letters to link to the article.

Or are the reports of the death of driving great exaggerated? The Daily Planet explores car sales statistics. Hint: they are going up again. The author says, "The auto industry is booming again, with August's sales expected to top any month in the past 11 years."