_token_black t1_j9vnhvk wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:55 PM

I was a proponent of this in a pre-COVID world where office parks didn’t look like they’d ever be phased out, as much as most wanted.

Now, I can see a lot of companies scaling down if they have outs in their lease, rendering huge suburban office parks useless. Couple that with more workers WFH and not having to commute to the city, and the strong chance that even KOP Mall will not be a thing someday, and there are much better uses for $4B in capital project funds.

Meghistaken t1_j9vxrac wrote on February 24, 2023 at 11:05 PM

Yeah, pre-COVID I totally got the rationale of connecting the third largest employment center in SEPA with the first and second largest employment centers. My office is in University City and I regularly commuted on the NHSL for over a decade. I like the high speed line; it's timely, efficient, and not expensive like regional. I don't even care about transferring at 69th Street. But I go into the office maybe once a month now. The NHSL station lot near my house definitely has more daily commuters parking again but it doesn't look like it's back to pre-COVID levels. I dunno, I guess what's going to happen is going to happen. I'm neither for nor against the expansion. I'm a NHSL fan but meh.