tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post1579909192688506150..comments2024-03-28T14:02:40.132-04:00Comments on Discovering Urbanism: A bright future for RichmondDaniel Nairnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14127732825472374125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-27465312546560955072009-08-11T14:27:49.903-04:002009-08-11T14:27:49.903-04:00It really is exciting that we're positioned to...It really is exciting that we're positioned to fix up rail service here. I've always been frustrated that the Northeast Corridor ends in DC, with the symbolic switching of locomotives from electric to diesel. It's like entering a third world country! (one with poor rail service anyway)<br /><br />VA asked for $1.5bn to pay for a few different projects that will drastically improve service between DC, Richmond, Newport News, and Petersburg. <br /><br /><br />* $185 million to add a third rail track between Richmond and Fredericksburg;<br /><br />* $152 million to improve conventional rail service between Main Street Station and Petersburg; and<br /><br />* $195 million to upgrade the rail corridor between Richmond and Washington, D.C., to allow high-speed trains that could cut the trip to 90 minutes on a reliable basis.<br /><br />MOST important to us locally is $491 million improvements in a six-mile stretch around Richmond's Acca rail yard and a 13-mile link between the yard and Main Street Station in the city's downtown. The improvements are necessary to remove bottlenecks that limit rail service to the renovated station.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578742618525691510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-41590125383944880562009-08-11T14:11:35.143-04:002009-08-11T14:11:35.143-04:00LH that ghastly mall, Sixth Street Marketplace, wa...LH that ghastly mall, Sixth Street Marketplace, was razed in 2003. We are replacing it with a $75mil taxpayer funded corporate welfare boondoggle called CenterStage.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578742618525691510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-76529370395324736132009-07-19T13:52:02.967-04:002009-07-19T13:52:02.967-04:00No doubt in my mind that the high-speed rail will ...No doubt in my mind that the high-speed rail will be more than worth it. But they need to make sure it's not very elitist oriented. I'm originally from Spain, and I think this has been the only problem, but still has been a success to connect main cities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-89953489808033382212009-07-18T05:17:53.660-04:002009-07-18T05:17:53.660-04:00Daniel, thanks for the heads-up on Richmond, which...Daniel, thanks for the heads-up on Richmond, which I haven't been to in about five or six years. Have they done anything with that ghastly mall in the middle of downtown?LHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127870226377459490noreply@blogger.com