This is a good point. Actually the thought was more artistic: having the old streetcars act as special envoys to the park would be quite a bit more romantic than putting everybody on the crowded 7.
>Deep irony here going back to Mclaren's heated but successful battle to
>keep streetcars out of the park. ... Kind of too bad he won that one.
All political fights are temporary and taken out of context probably can be regretted. The regret is the important ingredient. Understanding other directions, and the goals of the first trip, are better than shrugging everything off.
[JDowney324@aol.com (Tue, 20 Jan 1998 22:51:10 -0500 (EST))]
>A few years ago this idea came up during the Master Plan discussions. Muni
>said it would cost about $1 million. Sounded expensive then, but pretty
>cheap now that a garage would be over $10 million.
It's even better when you consider the cost of creating more long term auto traffic pressure on the western city, and on the park in particular.
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