Tuesday, January 23, 2007
You got questions I got answers.
I thought it would be nice for people who are reading this blog to be able to ask MATA's director of planning and capital projects Tom Fox some questions about the future of light rail in Memphis. I met with Tom a couple months ago to talk about my capstone project and he seemed amicable to the idea of answering questions people brought up on my blog. So I am going to open up the floor to the readers for questions. Please leave your questions by commenting on this post. I will compile the list and send them off to Mr. Fox and post when I get a reply. Now you can get your questions about light rail answered straight from the horses mouth.
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Questions:
1) Why is it so hard to gt the status information and updates on light rail initatives in Memphis? The MATA website is so uninformative.
2) Where does MATATRAC stand today? What is the biggest obstacle to making this dream a reality and when can we expect to see any progress?
3) What are the proposed routes and stops and how will those be kept safe? NYC has police patrol the subway stops and occasionally ride the cars.
4) What is the status of using the aboandon rail line out to Cordova? Seems this would be a good fit of unused land.
5) Could any light rail plan share the rail lines that run along Poplar to Collierville? Or is it not practical to share that with the heavy trains owned by the commercial railroad companies?
6) What is the obstacle to getting this project started. Seems like we should be using funds for poposed stadiums for a light rail project instead since it is a better benefit to the public and the economy of the area. It would be better for a vast majority of the population than a stadium would.
1) How exactly will a light rail line built down Lamar spur development on the street when there won’t be a need for anybody to ride it?
2) Has the cordova- downtown line really been properly studied because there seems to be a lot of people from that area that work downtown and would be willing to ride it?
3) At the moment are there truly enough people moving between the airport and downtown to warrant a rail line as opposed to the cordova-downtown line?
4) If the Lamar line fails, will the whole project be halted?
5) Will the studies of each corridor be made public and will there be a private firm to back up the statistics that are determined by MATA?
6) Will there be a master plan made public detailing where MATA intends to build the tracts and how they will all connect in the future?
1)What is the status on the intermodal bus station near the airport?
2)Why isn't a hydrofoil ferry being discussed to connect the future Beale Street Landing to the Tunica Riverpark with a MATA route connecting all the casinos to the Riverpark?
3)Why don't we have Dial-a-Ride service or jitneys in the areas with less density for people who aren't allowed to ride MATA-plus?
4)Is it possible to buy just one light rail car just to show people what the diffrence is between a trolley and light rail on a daily basis?
There are some great questions. I'm going to pass them along to Tom Fox and hopefully get his responses back soon.
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