Trolley impact in UTC

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[quote=jpinpb]
At the same time, I think it’s a given that mass transit facilitates allowing the people to frequent communities they ordinarily would not. The concern is the criminal element a trolley would bring to UTC.
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I lived briefly in Atlanta, and worked in the burbs (Gwinnett County). Gwinnett County blocked the MARTA gold line from entering the county. The Gold line ends right at the county line. Many of the stated reasons were fears of higher crime rates.

Having lived there – I suspect it has more to do with demographics – Gwinnett is 2/3’s white and Fulton & DeKalb counties (which have MARTA lines) are closer to 50% black. Don’t want “those people” coming into their county. (I realize that may be controversial – but racism was much more open in Atlanta than I was used to. It was an easy conclusion to reach – one my white coworkers would probably have agreed with.)

I remember when they first put in the trolley to the south bay in 1981. The planners had no clue that it would be more than a tourist attraction – and were surprised to find ridership was really high with commuters from day one.

There’s a lot of people who commute to businesses in and around the UTC mall. Not to mention UCSD. I would imagine there will be shuttle buses to serve the Torrey pines research park area – the same way the coaster has shuttle buses going into Sorrento Valley.

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[quote=DataAgent]”I used to walk further in high school – uphill both ways… through the snow….”

In an effort to avoid buying them cars, my sister used to tell her kids the same story. It worked for a while till her kids figured out we lived a block from the school.[/quote]
Actually – I lived in UC and went to Clairemont High – my choice was bus or bike. My dad didn’t give us bus money – so I did ride my bike, uphill both ways. (San Clemente canyon.)

My kids will have it easy – UCHS is walking distance. (They’re also screwed when it comes to getting a car.)

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[quote=DataAgent]”I used to walk further in high school – uphill both ways… through the snow….”

In an effort to avoid buying them cars, my sister used to tell her kids the same story. It worked for a while till her kids figured out we lived a block from the school.[/quote]
Actually – I lived in UC and went to Clairemont High – my choice was bus or bike. My dad didn’t give us bus money – so I did ride my bike, uphill both ways. (San Clemente canyon.)

My kids will have it easy – UCHS is walking distance. (They’re also screwed when it comes to getting a car.)

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[quote=DataAgent]”I used to walk further in high school – uphill both ways… through the snow….”

In an effort to avoid buying them cars, my sister used to tell her kids the same story. It worked for a while till her kids figured out we lived a block from the school.[/quote]
Actually – I lived in UC and went to Clairemont High – my choice was bus or bike. My dad didn’t give us bus money – so I did ride my bike, uphill both ways. (San Clemente canyon.)

My kids will have it easy – UCHS is walking distance. (They’re also screwed when it comes to getting a car.)

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[quote=DataAgent]”I used to walk further in high school – uphill both ways… through the snow….”

In an effort to avoid buying them cars, my sister used to tell her kids the same story. It worked for a while till her kids figured out we lived a block from the school.[/quote]
Actually – I lived in UC and went to Clairemont High – my choice was bus or bike. My dad didn’t give us bus money – so I did ride my bike, uphill both ways. (San Clemente canyon.)

My kids will have it easy – UCHS is walking distance. (They’re also screwed when it comes to getting a car.)

[UCGal]

[quote=DataAgent]”I used to walk further in high school – uphill both ways… through the snow….”

In an effort to avoid buying them cars, my sister used to tell her kids the same story. It worked for a while till her kids figured out we lived a block from the school.[/quote]
Actually – I lived in UC and went to Clairemont High – my choice was bus or bike. My dad didn’t give us bus money – so I did ride my bike, uphill both ways. (San Clemente canyon.)

My kids will have it easy – UCHS is walking distance. (They’re also screwed when it comes to getting a car.)

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Seems to me that even if the trolley brought more people to the area, there isn’t much chance of it could add automobile traffic. Just more people at the malls and stores.

Trollies are electric and thus pretty quiet so I’d guess it will be fairly non-invasive.

Would be nice to get a spur into Pacific Beach, though it may prove difficult to wash the puke smell out after enough twenty-somethings use it for the ride home after the party.

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Seems to me that even if the trolley brought more people to the area, there isn’t much chance of it could add automobile traffic. Just more people at the malls and stores.

Trollies are electric and thus pretty quiet so I’d guess it will be fairly non-invasive.

Would be nice to get a spur into Pacific Beach, though it may prove difficult to wash the puke smell out after enough twenty-somethings use it for the ride home after the party.

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Seems to me that even if the trolley brought more people to the area, there isn’t much chance of it could add automobile traffic. Just more people at the malls and stores.

Trollies are electric and thus pretty quiet so I’d guess it will be fairly non-invasive.

Would be nice to get a spur into Pacific Beach, though it may prove difficult to wash the puke smell out after enough twenty-somethings use it for the ride home after the party.

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Seems to me that even if the trolley brought more people to the area, there isn’t much chance of it could add automobile traffic. Just more people at the malls and stores.

Trollies are electric and thus pretty quiet so I’d guess it will be fairly non-invasive.

Would be nice to get a spur into Pacific Beach, though it may prove difficult to wash the puke smell out after enough twenty-somethings use it for the ride home after the party.

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