Save The Rails rally!!!

[CuatrodeMayo]

Like this?

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[jbrown84]

I'm sorry but it's just beyond silly to divert it clear south of the river.

[HOT ROD]

I agree, it just needs to be diverted a few yards to avoid destroying the underground portion of the Union Station rail yard.

I really dont see a problem with this, especially since they are NOT Mutually Exclusive; both light or commuter rail and freeways are part of our transportation infrastructure and I totally disagree that we should screw up infrastructure for the sake of new infrastructure then rebuild/replace when we could have just moved the freeway a little bit from the D alignment.

I dont understand why the mayor is not pushing for ODOT to JUST adjust the alighment enough to save the rail yard. Everybody wins then!!!

[HOT ROD]

Oh, I almost forgot. Those who keep arguing that downtown is far away from Union Station; Downtown will not stay in its current configuration. And if you consider that downtown will infill toward Union Station (also known as Core to Shore plan) and the fact that if you look at Downtown Denver did something very very similar (and Union Station there is far from the CBD of downtown Denver also), then you must consider that we should use them as a model for our system.