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Yeah, Miami is a good example but I was thinking more like Vancouver's Skytrain as it also has a downtown loop and then splits into 2 lines. Detroit's wide streets should make it easy to build rail on the main corridors.

Even with the cuts SEPTA still has more bus and rail service than all of Ohio put together. The 3C's wish they could have Philly's rail network, even though at least Cleveland could use something half the size.

I don't quite remember and if I already mentioned this before then I apologize. Could Detroit's People Mover be converted into an automated light metro line and expanded to other parts of the city? Then the current PM route can be turned into a Chicago-like downtown loop for future lines.

Could they turn the Red Line into a multi-line regional rail system? The trains look more like commuter rail than a metro.

No, this sucks. For such an important hotspot downtown they should've made a classical design or build something more prominent instead of this.

Yeah, compare Columbus to Calgary's populations. Columbus is actually denser and more urban but Calgary is able to build 2 LRT lines and still keep expanding.

So what? It doesn't have the world's largest playable pipe organ.

It would be a commuter/regional rail service and not inter-city Amtrak so it wouldn't be that fast. Cleveland and NEO should have a rail network and maybe that could help Akron and other cities and CLE burbs revitalize and bring more people to live there when they see better transit options.

Do you think we'll see a commuter rail line connecting Akron & Cleveland?

Is Columbus too small for light rail? In Europe many cities that size would have multiple rail lines and even in Canada you have cities smaller than Columbus w/ light rail: Calgary, Edmonton, and recently Kitchener/Waterloo for example.

For other cities it would be the end of downtown but for Center City Philly this is just a minor blip and a chance to replace it with something better. Macy's perverted the original Wanamaker store which had a lot more than what we ended up with. Plus, the largest pipe organ in the world is still there and trashy Macy's can't take away culture and class. Yeah, if you're wondering most people came to the store to see and hear the Wanamaker organ rather than shop for overpriced goods that they can find elsewhere or online.

The careful planning done by William Penn makes this city the paragon of good urbanism. Philly is the most perfect city in the US, and the most walkable by a long shot, even compared to NYC which is quite unpleasant for walking with Manhattan's chaotic traffic and wide avenues.

Yeah despite this Ohio for some reason continues to vote for Trump. 🤮 3 MF-ing times, man.

From the renderings it looks more like something from Netherlands or Germany than typical NYC area.

Seattle really should've chosen a Vancouver-like system in the beginning, or not reject the 1970's federally funded metro plan.

Well, KC is relatively flat where Cincy has uneven terrain that makes expanding the streetcar difficult. The next extension for Cincy would almost certainly go up a hill.

I know this is probably a weird idea, but as the Bronx continues to revive I wonder if they can build a few more bridges across the Harlem River and turn it into a mini Seine or Thames.

NY subway gets a lot more funding than Philly, yet the former is stuck with old clunkers while the latter gets the best and most futuristic trains the US has ever seen. Edit: I think @mrnyc is secretly jealous of Philly and wishes he could live here. Cleveland wishes it could be even 0.01% as good as Philly. 😂😉

They could just simply remove the I-75 (Fisher fwy) and stitch together the urban fabric and build on the reclaimed street blocks. Then you would have a seamless urban environment between downtown and midtown.

Do you think Cleveland can build up the waterfront like Toronto?😃

SEPTA's Regional Rail is the best commuter rail system in the country by a light year. I've never seen crowds that size in other US systems during off-peak hours.

Good decision. Philly has a vibrant downtown that doesn't need crappy gimmicks that waste a lot of $$$. Maybe Cleveland could learn something, or any other rust belt cities trying to revive themselves. A sports arena is only partially used throughout the year and when it's not active it's just a waste of space. Plus, the 76ers current location is good enough as Philly has the only 4-sport complex in the whole country where all 4 teams play next to each other and has a transit stop.

St. Louis' big mistake was demolishing the old riverfront neighborhood for the Arch and a big-ass park surrounding it. They should've kept some of it next to the Arch or at least rebuild the lost blocks and make the park area smaller. You already have park space on the river and all that space next to the Arch is unnecessary.

Sorry to sound like a broken record, but is C-bus planning a light rail line? It could use one since it's the only of the 3C's that doesn't have any rail.

Philly is now the safest major city in the US, or at least becoming it. Last year no city came close to reducing crime. Sorry rest of the US, I can't myself make other places even as 1% as good as Philly. But happy new year, guys!