re: Light Rail Dowtown NOLA to MSY Pros and Cons

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It would provide fast, efficient transportation throughout the NOLA metro.

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It would be run by New Orleans city officials and would come in 300% over budget after the most corrupt local politicians in the nation got involved. There would be federal racketeering charges placed on the administrators/mayor's office within a year of it opening. You'd be better off letting a group of Afghani warlords run this operation.

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There's really no reason for this thread to continue

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Wankers? People from Westwego, Marrero, Harvey, Gretna, and Algiers?

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Right, but how would that route benefit the people upstream of them? It just seems like a really roundabout way of getting downtown.

If anything shorten the blue line to start on the Wank and then go from there.

I think that the use of the blue line would be geared more for local use. Wankers going to the airport or going to downtown.

The yellow line would be both locals and visitors.

I would only do the Blue Line much later down the road if the Yellow line is successful and market studies show a need for it. Just don't see the need.

The Yellow line would be a big help for the city.

Yeah the traffic getting from MSY can be a bitch at times. I bet a lot of people would like this option

Also agree with reducing the amount of stops.

Maybe Clearview, Causeway, Old Metairie (although I bet the Old Metry residents would fight that tooth and nail), Carrollton, Union.

Exactly, plus you can leave your car at home and not pay to park at the airport.

Yellow line stops are all near hotel-clusters. You've got hotels on Williams and I-10, Veterans, Clearview, Causeway. Old Metairie, it appears to be following the interstate, yes? Where on the Interstate do the tracks go? If that's the case Old Metairie has nothing to complain about unless it goes right down the center of Metairie road with horns blowin and lights flashin'

There are more hotels along the West Bank Expressway, now, national chains, not just the ol' Bon Soir in Westwego. How does it cross the river? Does it get its own lane on the Crescent City Connection? How do these things not get destroyed by the freight trains or get around them on the Huey P. Long?

The railroad right of way still exists next to Airline....running it to Union Station is a winner, can it be built electrified, elevated, and using existing rights of way

I don't understand why they don't encourage more flights to the Lakefront airport. Way more convenient to downtown. Yes I realize that it can't handle big planes but a lot of these cheap tourist-oriented airlines just operate puddle jumpers anyway.