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Originally Posted by MarketStEl
which our esteemed Governor just called "an unfortunate mistake."
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most people I know think they should have built the tunnel to Oakland first. Of course, our governor also said the convention center "probably wasn't worth it" yet it's his project. Still, the north shore connector will only connect the stadiums while the oakland project woudl have been the equivalent of the SS trolleys. For the so called "energy governor," he hasn't undertaken any substantial transportation projects (though he did provide operating funding). Even the Keystone Corridor Upgrade was signed by Ridge.
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Originally Posted by MarketStEl
while we're several years past ours
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are we? we're in a better position than 1992 in some ways, but we're right back there. Some areas improved but neighborhoods I used to visit friends in in the early 90's have gone from stable to wasteland. Jobs are down, the population is down...is this what a rennaisance looks like?
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I still think that city has further to go before it really turns around
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maybe so, which makes our inability to move ahead on projects inexcusable.
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and if they needed to build an LRT extension anywhere, it should have been to Oakland. But I believe that's in the direction of the Martin Luther King East Busway BRT.
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I'm not entirely sure what the routing for the "spine line" was but I think it involved a new tunnel to Oakland through the Hill district.
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today has a certain logic to it
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It certainly does.