[Mpls] Build it (right) and they will come; Was: Urban Archipellago, and all that...

[Mike Jensvold]

David Green wrote:


>Every aspect of transportation is subsidized.  None of it is covered
>completely by user fees.

>(snip)
>
>Public transportation is not an expense.  It's an investment.


When the first segment of Hiawatha opened, the Star Tribune had a photo of 
the I35-394 interchange when it was first built.  Beautiful new 
(subsidized!) "cloverleaf" ramps surrounded almost completely by empty 
fields.  We built it one way, and they came.

Today, many of the areas around Hiawatha stations are a little bleak, but 
over time they will evolve into a less auto-centric environment.

Build it right (more good projects like the greenway streetcar) and the 
people will come back to the city.

-Mike Jensvold
Ward 10