[volguus zildrohar]

I've tried telling him that.

There are some at-grade options for light rail in the city, zilfondel. Many arterial streets outside Center City can take the loss of a lane or two for a ROW. The issue is downtown, where many streets are barely wide enough for the traffic they have now. The idea of a transitway was toyed with in the 70's along Chestnut Street downtown and it failed - particularly as traffic increased in Center City. There is an unused underground ROW just north of Center City that SEPTA purchased a few years ago that it already tried and failed to launch a service for with federal funds. Light rail can handle the capacity and I think it would be a good alternative for swiftly getting people around the city - essentialy a better alternative to the bus for key locations such as Manayunk, parts of the Northeast and Southwest Philly. It would also make sense for the Sports Complex as another transit choice to compliment the Broad Street Subway which is often at crush after games.