Comments on Tacoma Tomorrow: Tacoma Link Extension meeting tonight

6th Ave. is the obvious alignment. You have to ser...

2010-11-18T15:19:41.494-08:00

6th Ave. is the obvious alignment. You have to serve the existing riders. There's plenty of room for that to build TOD over time, too. It's not like 6th Ave. is multi-story apartment buildings.

I just don't see the value of the other options.

These are all good points. I'll be making a p...

2010-11-17T15:35:18.662-08:00

These are all good points. I'll be making a post later tonight that will update you all on what the committee is talking about and what the staff facilitators are responding with.

I'll say that some members of the Advisory Group are being -very- vocal about weighting the TOD-aspects in low income communities high.

Also, I think it's important to note that the ...

2010-11-16T13:40:31.638-08:00

Also, I think it's important to note that the TOD piece only works as well as the transit network's connectedness. If you don't tap the neighborhoods and the existing population first, you can build LINK stops in dead areas until you're blue in the face and you'll still have a dead area. The reason TOD works is because it instantly connects an area with the a large chunk of the city's population.

I agree, with both comments above. To me, economic...

2010-11-16T13:39:14.252-08:00

I agree, with both comments above. To me, economic development is a great bonus, but should be lower on the priority list next to serving our *existing* population and economy.

I appreciate that economic development is a very p...

2010-11-15T17:03:52.659-08:00

I appreciate that economic development is a very positive result of the streetcar lines, but transportation and commute improvement should be the only real criteria considered. Streetcars are for commuting from homes in Tacoma to jobs in Tacoma, or to bigger transit hubs like the Tacoma Dome for jobs outside Tacoma. That means routes that lead to the highest-density areas, and routes that are the fastest, should take top priority. Based on your helpful diagram, that looks to be northward up Stadium to 6th Ave and Pine.

The LINK extension should be first to the highest ...

2010-11-15T16:38:44.574-08:00

The LINK extension should be first to the highest density area which is North. That route is by far the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars and is the most logical.