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Originally Posted by Easy
The Austin City Council just approved Phase 1 which will be a just under 10-mile street running light rail line. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't appear as if there will be any money for any underground sections nor any phases after Phase 1. The state has also questioned the financing model for Phase 1, so that's not yet certain to be built.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...ght-rail-plan/
I don't think that this is what voters approved and wonder if this plan still has the support of the pubic. |
If there's really no underground section, those costs of nearly $500M/mile are terrible. And excluding tunnels is a big mistake. I'm pretty convinced by the experience of LA light rail that street running rail in a dense area is the easiest way to ensure a line will never truly change travel patterns.