Comments on: The Right Note: Questions to Ask at the Trolley Forum http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/ News, Weather, Traffic, Events and Reviews in Arlington, Virginia Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: fromhere http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-320108 fromhere Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:29:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-320108 I don’t think any European examples are relevant at all; their histories are just too different (and I’ve ridden on those in Amsterdam, Budapest, DC, and Prague). Columbia Pike is not Portland, Boston, Philadelphia, or even Norfolk, either.

]]> By: Somehow_Sane http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319564 Somehow_Sane Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:24:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319564 They’ve never involved us in the deciding to have the streetcar or not. So why subject people through the tedious financing and public-private partnership deals?
Do the letters “CYA” come to mind?

]]> By: perkinsms http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319367 perkinsms Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:13:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319367 Boston, Philadelphia, Houston, Norfolk, Vienna, Amsterdam, Munich, Budapest, Prague, San Jose, San Diego

]]> By: South Awwlington http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319276 South Awwlington Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:26:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319276 “something most Arlingtonians don’t want” – care to share those statistics, honey?

]]> By: South Awwlington http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319269 South Awwlington Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:11:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319269 No, but a trolley can be pushed or towed to end of the short 5 mile time and removed from service.

]]> By: South Awwlington http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319266 South Awwlington Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:08:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319266 4 against 1. Trolley wins…that’s the point we have successfully made. Now take your toys and go home.

]]> By: South Awwlington http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319260 South Awwlington Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:52:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319260 The Townhall is for information on this settled issue. Should we debate all decisions in perpetuity just to satisfy the losers?

]]> By: Peter http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319256 Peter Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:40:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319256 Pez, good points, I think I’d prefer to see a dedicated lane as well. And why preserve the Pike as a commuter artery for out of county drivers? Because we’re really nice? :)

]]> By: MCP http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319251 MCP Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:16:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319251 What an audacious move on the part of the Arlington County Board. Just as we are feeling the effects of one political entity’s failure to serve and glaring oversight to the needs of constituents, it seems OBTUSE to consider this plan, which–at best–is merely a novelty spend for the only group of people who might actually have some money burning a hole in their pockets right now. Of course, this is exacerbated by the fact that, not only is this entirely unnecessary, it will surely just multiply the current frustrations already being voiced by both residents and visitors that could have been largely ameliorated through the use of these funds. Instead, we can all just sit back and watch as these presumptuous bastards magnify the exact behavior the public finds intolerable.

]]> By: South Awwlington http://www.arlnow.com/2013/03/21/the-right-note-folly-trolley-forum/#comment-319234 South Awwlington Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:58:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=68497#comment-319234 Mentioned several times has been the fact the dedicated funding must be used for dedicated projects (transportation in both instances here). Do you refuse to acknowledge that or are you just unable to grasp the concept?

As much as the loss of daycare oversight SUCKS, it has nothing to do with any amount of money spent on transportation projects.

Please stop posting comments like this.

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