Why College Avenue is Right for the Red Line
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, New Development, Pedestrian, Transit on Feb 10th, 2016 | 151 comments
First, the good news: The Red Line has made the DOT’s budget proposal that will go before congress this year. If all goes well, construction could start next year on the first all-electric Bus Rapid Transit program in the country. This is big.
Naturally, there has a been a bit of pushback about this plan. The most common refrain mentions a support of transit, but that College Avenue should not be the route that the Red Line takes on the north side, and that it should be put somewhere else. There are a few problems that come up with this line of argument:
College Avenue was the site of the last...
