[Mpls] buses on Nicollet

[Joncgord at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/16/04 10:46:11 AM Central Daylight Time, david at tcq.net 
writes:

> Further, Gibbons notes that Nicollet Mall was built by federal dollars 
> expressly to create a transit corridor.
> 
> "It's the busiest transit street Downtown. It was designed to be that," 
> he said.
> 

            What defines "transit"? A semi-enclosed moving sidewalk wouldn't 
be transit? Segway scooters wouldn't be transit? Bicycles aren't transit? 
Pedestrians need wheels to be considered transit? All of these could be 
comfortably entertained on the Mall if the buses went away. 
            Get rid of the suicide corridors masked as bike lanes on Hennepin 
and there's more room for the buses to get by (pretty much empty now of any 
passengers disembarking downtown, so they could fly on out, reducing 
pollution).
            By the way, I still want the Segway rental franchise. Might have 
to give a taste to the MTC but I'll still thrive.
                                            Jon Gorder
                                            St. Paul but I'll move to Kenwood 
when my franchise comes through.