If you could do anything to one city, what would you do?

[blackrobertmoses 0]

Originally posted by: screamingman12

Originally posted by: blackrobertmoses

get rid of all the damn traffic cameras......quote>

I take it you had an experience?

BTW, the reason Metro was built was so that I-95 wouldn't have to slice downtown in half. Urban freeways are a bad idea in my oppinion.

Im aware of that and Im also aware that building that hwy wouldve been DC's equivalent to the cross bronx expwy in terms of the amount of upheaval it would cause......like I said, Im aware it would cause upheaveal......on the other hand, I dont like driving a series of zigzags via backroads when i want to infiltrate city limits......the only folks who have direct access are those who live along the anacostia frwy.......Boston halted a lot of its freeway plans too but the I-90 access least give direct access since hwys were built (among other things) for direct, quick access......

Anyway, here's my list:

DC:

Extend the Red to Germantown as originally planned

Extend the Yellow to Fairfield

Revive the M street subway proposal

Extend the Green/Yellow out to Laurel

Build that bleeping silver line

Put Metro in the median of the beltway, connecting all the above extensions

Build that bleeping streetcar system, and connect it with the Columbia Pike streetcar

im not sure if I like streetcars.......those things clog up the road, theyre dated and tehyr ugly.....least to me anyway (see Boston and Philadelphia.....)

San Francisco:

Rebuild the B-Geary as a streetcar line and connect it to the Transbay Terminal and MSS

Build the E, extend the F to Fort Mason

Build light rail in the Van Ness corridor

Add more cars to the F and E lines

Extend the T to SFO

Boston:

Restore E service to Arborway/Forest Hills

Restore the A Watertown

if youre going to do the A train plan, least fortify the train in the middle of the street with a median as done on the B and C lines.......restoring the E train back to forest hills, nice idea but in terms of logistics, make sure you include widening centre st in the plans......

Extend the Blue line to Charles/MGH

Extend Blue to Lynn

Buy EMUs for the NEC sections of the commuter routes.quote>

[blackrobertmoses 0]

o yea and one more:

Baltimore

- extend the I-70 into downtown via the Franklin ST/US 40 hwy trench.....and Id also make sure those who were dislocated (although thered be more vacant slum clearance than anything else) found housing , close to their original block if possible.....

[rjkrox 0]

I would make all the interchanges in Calgary more useful... The city planners here seem to cheap out a lot... then wait 10 years to do the job right when traffic has become a bigger issue. Also I would get our ring road completed and extend our LRT North up to Country Hills and south down to McKenzie via Ogden.

Also, welcome to Simtropolis, blackrobertmoses!

[NinjaJoe 4]

It Would Be Nice To Have The R Train To Expand Under The Narrows To Shalion(Staten Island),Because You Can Take The Free Ferry To Manhattan Or You Can Take The Subway To Brooklyn And Manhattan. And Lower The Freckin Tolls On The Verrazano Bridge,wHICH Is 10$ It Should Be Lowered To 5 or 6 $.But Since Im Only 13 I Don't Really Care For The Tolls,but It Would Be Nice Anyway.

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

if i could do anything to NASHVILLE TN, i would make it more dense, and stop the sprawl. thats the top things... here is a lit of what else i would do..

ooops.... it didnt post the rest of my message....lol

• build mass tranit (something else then our failing bus system)
• build more condo towers
• create more infill instead of all those darn parking lots

thats all i can think of now, there is more though.... lol

[Shlarin 0]

Los Angeles:

Bulldoze everything low-density outside of LA County

Rezone all of LA county high density

Add NYC or European style mass transit (in terms of coverage)

[BrnoutJerzey 0]

tear down all the old, crappy buildings in manhattan and replace them with modern ones

[GlobexCo 33]

Turin (Italy) has a lot of problems about traffic, too many cars and few public transports. Turin needs more avenues, more subways, more parkings, more trams,....... and more lights (at night some roads are scaring!). And where are skyscrapers in Turin???

[mayorbk 66]

Cincinnati
The city has tried and failed to build a subway system and later on a light rail system (and may actually be getting a small streetcar system in the near future). My plan would start a regional rail network to cut down on growing conjestion, improve quality of life, and spur further economic development. The first steps would be three major lines radiating out from downtown: 1. North-South Line- South into KY and through the Northern suburbs all the way to Dayton.  A 2nd Line would  run East from the city through the Eastern suburbs. The 3rd Line would run Northwest through the suburbs and on to Harrison on the IN-OH border. (with possible future expansion into IN).