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AssassinPanda97 t1_iy1mkf8 wrote

A BSL extension was already studied wasn’t it? Do we really need to waste more time and money for another one? Just build the damn thing, and the Navy Yard extension

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floydiandroid t1_iy20ro3 wrote

This was asked during the other community meetings. He short story is that the study needs to be redone with current costs and updates. It sucks but the last one is almost 10 years old now.

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hatramroany t1_iy201xv wrote

It’s just a general Roosevelt Blvd study, the subway part will probably be an afterthought “still expensive af probably not worth it”

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rodmandirect t1_iy2e0kw wrote

A few weeks ago I talked to an engineer with some inside knowledge on the Navy Yard extension and the development of that industrial wasteland on the way out to the airport. These related projects are big - the necessary task of moving all the train infrastructure between the stadiums and the Navy Yard is no small feat. This guy said we would see minimal changes in our lifetime, and that this is a “hundred year job” with no exaggeration.

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trashpandarevolution t1_iy3d65f wrote

That’s because they want it to drag on because traffic engineers get more money, for a generation.

It can be done in 20 years, but the union/Philly/old heads want it slow, rich and perpetual

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Aromat_Junkie t1_iy3msz9 wrote

it can be done in 2 years. it could be done in 1 year. If it can't it's not because of physical limitations, but systemic issues.

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trashpandarevolution t1_iy3d0wm wrote

But if we don’t study it again, we can’t pay our traffic engineer friends a lot of taxpayer money and also what about parking?

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