Quote Originally Posted by Rover View Post
Would love to see a road parallel the railroad track under I35and another iconic bridge over the river to connect to the Boathouse district.

Maybe that or build a sky-monorail over I-35 and across the river from it to the Boathouse District and then over 1-40 to Bricktown. Great skyline views from above the roads and a fun trip by itself. Connect all the entertainment areas and put a resort hotel and hostel in the Boathouse area and it creates a huge and wonderful entertainment destination area...... especially if they do a really good aquarium at the OKANA. The streetcar takes over from there to spread people out to the park, midtown and downtown and connects closely by the train station. That might help draw from DFW and Wichita areas.

Helps OKANA, Boathouse area, Bricktown, the trails, downtown, etc. And, if they happen to put the new stadium in the old cotton mill site, it could have a stop there too. Skyrail, riverboats, railroad, walking biking trails, streetcar, roads. Connectivity!

With a skyrail, from a first impression standpoint, travelers through OKC on both I-40 and I-35 would see a totally modern and cool city infrastructure and maybe look at OKC altogether differently. Might even divert their eyes from the labyrinth of highways jamming up the central city.
Sad thing about monorails is that they are often unpopular, slow, and underutilized, even from global perspectives. Most cities that have them, they have lots of traffic for the first few days, then it tails downward because most people would rather drive with the speed that the rail gives you. Now if we had a public bullet train system that could compete AND beat the time it would take to drive from one point to the other, it would be a great investment. But considering this is a country bought out by big oil companies, it's unlikely that will ever manifest here, much less in a "fiscally conservative" Oklahoma.