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stormy2587 t1_j9veu5l wrote

Am I right that it ends at the casino? They could at least bring it all the way to Valley Forge park. Idk maybe you’d get more weekend ridership from people in the city that way. N Gulph road has no sidewalk or shoulder between the casino and the park even though its a short walk.

Idk. The devil’s advocate in me thinks: Anything that could theoretically reduce congestion long term along the schuylkill is valuable. And KOP is the last exit before it becomes the turnpike. And has seen some development recently. This could spur more development in that area.

But there are probably a a dozen transit improvements you could make to septa for this price tag that would help more people.

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xander_man t1_j9w6gh9 wrote

Sidewalks are easy to add. At that end is also the new Top golf which is currently under construction as well as multiple class-A office buildings and life science labs. Many of those are owned by Brandywine Realty Trust, whose CEO was quoted in the article.

I think people need to realize that white collar professionals are not going to be riding the MFL through 69th street and up the NHSL. The real demo for this will allow lower income people, largely people of color from west Philly, upper Darby, and Norristown areas, to access higher paying, quality jobs in KOP they could not get to before.

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