tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post114666885515484060..comments2023-10-14T10:01:55.094-05:00Comments on Ramblings by Joe Frank, urbanist: MetroLink StopsJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14185823164539776639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post-1146756601281387062006-05-04T10:30:00.000-05:002006-05-04T10:30:00.000-05:00Fortunately, the new stations planned as part of t...Fortunately, the new stations planned as part of the North-South lines in the City will have stops in closer proximity than current MetroLink lines. Put simply, outside of Downtown, current lines have stops every half-mile to a mile, while a line on Natural Bridge or Gravois could have stops every quarter-mile to half-mile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post-1146715011370500632006-05-03T22:56:00.000-05:002006-05-03T22:56:00.000-05:00To your point about how MetroLink is a suburban pa...To your point about how MetroLink is a suburban park-n-ride system, you are correct. Travel time for the user way out is more important than convenience to the local user. This is the light rail vs. modern streetcar debate. <BR/><BR/>The light rail advocates want as few of stops as possible to improve headways while modern streetcar advocates, like myself, want more stops to be able to serve Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083116.post-1146670139771550252006-05-03T10:28:00.000-05:002006-05-03T10:28:00.000-05:00The #30 Soulard will be relocated to 4th/Broadway ...The #30 Soulard will be relocated to 4th/Broadway south of Washington, as part of Metro Redefined 2006, bus restructuring taking place with the opening of Cross County. In the future then, #30 riders will transfer at Convention Center station instead of Stadium.<BR/><BR/>As for missed opportunities...<BR/><BR/>The close proximity between Civic Center and Union Station is a joke, but the originalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com