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Urban gondolas in Baton Rouge? BRAF considering it.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 12/9/15 at 3:57 pm
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation President and CEO John Davies said Wednesday that the solution to the city’s traffic problems is not adding more roads, but exploring new transportation methods ranging from bike share programs to urban gondolas.
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“We can’t really fix the traffic problems...by pouring more concrete, it just exacerbates the problem,” Davies said. “You just decamp your community further and further and further out into the suburbs.”
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Davies deemed the urban gondolas efficient, noting that they require no right-of-ways, just landing spots. He said they could cross over and above the Interstates as drivers sit in traffic jams below.
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 3:59 pm to JBeam
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Baton Rouge Area Foundation President and CEO John Davies said Wednesday that the solution to the city’s traffic problems is not adding more roads, but exploring new transportation methods ranging from bike share programs to urban gondolas. .
Holy shite!
Posted on 12/9/15 at 3:59 pm to JBeam
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Davies deemed the urban gondolas efficient, noting that they require no right-of-ways, just landing spots.
seriously?
it sounds like...
Posted on 12/9/15 at 3:59 pm to CptBengal
Damnit. I was just going to post the Simpsons monorail. 
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:00 pm to JBeam
The people who run this city are fricking retards.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:01 pm to CptBengal
I've used the metro gondola in Vancouver & Calgary a number of times. But this isn't going to solve anything in BR.
This post was edited on 12/9/15 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:01 pm to JBeam
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He said they could cross over and above the Interstates as drivers sit in traffic jams below.
An 18 wheeler would still find a way to hit one.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:01 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
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The people who run this city are fricking retards.
they give retards a bad name...
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:02 pm to CptBengal
Interesting as a novelty..
Can't see it being some large scale solution to the ongoing traffic situation
Can't see it being some large scale solution to the ongoing traffic situation
This post was edited on 12/9/15 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:02 pm to JBeam
Maybe BR isn't as far off from legalizing marijuana as I thought.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:03 pm to JBeam
Stupidity in this state has no bounds.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:05 pm to JBeam
I'm in. I love weird shite like this. I'm on board. MONORAIL!!!
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:06 pm to terd ferguson
Just spit water out everywhere
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:06 pm to The Cool No 9
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Can't see it being some large scale solution to the ongoing traffic situation
Exactly, it would be a nice add on project. The only problem is the city of BR hasn't started on the numerous projects they claim to be investing in (Ex. Nicholson project).
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:07 pm to TJG210
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Stupidity in this state has no bounds.
My beef is with the media and how they reported this. BRAF is exploring a myriad of options mainly in the areas of high-speed rail, street car lines, bus lanes, etc. Davies says, yes...they've even explored gondolas...as one of the unique options that has been proposed.
Advocate article is all about gondolas as if that's the only solution to the problem.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:08 pm to CptBengal
An aerial tram might actually work in the LSU area where the roads are jammed, commuter parking is pushed further out, and students have proven to use public transit. And there are a shitload of new apartments going up around campus.
An LSU to Downtown tram would be pretty cool but is impractical.
But I agree. an aerial tram does not seem like the right choice for an urban mass transit solution
An LSU to Downtown tram would be pretty cool but is impractical.
But I agree. an aerial tram does not seem like the right choice for an urban mass transit solution
This post was edited on 12/9/15 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:08 pm to JBeam
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CEO John Davies
This guys is an idiot. He didn't even respond to my plan for catapults and parachutes.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:10 pm to JBeam
BR gondola >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BR monorail
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:12 pm to Tigeralum2008
quote:Pretty sure this is linked to the Nicholson project. They'll have a rail system from L'Auberge to Downtown.
An LSU to Downtown tram would be pretty cool but is impractical.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 4:12 pm to JBeam
IDK why, but I thought this:
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