tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33706982.post2846415022092055499..comments2023-08-14T09:18:49.114-04:00Comments on Columbia Compass: An Evening with Mr. Doug GodineB. Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568466324432338324noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33706982.post-81124807255161243312007-02-09T12:39:00.000-05:002007-02-09T12:39:00.000-05:00Great recap.. thanks for the post..Great recap.. thanks for the post..Eldersburg1976https://www.blogger.com/profile/05122820500117251564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33706982.post-35514761203916030552007-02-09T00:11:00.000-05:002007-02-09T00:11:00.000-05:00Good post."Mr. Godine believes the current HATS “g...Good post.<BR/><BR/><I>"Mr. Godine believes the current HATS “green bus” system does not work. He stated that waiting ½ hour for a bus was not acceptable."</I><BR/><BR/>He is right. Until public transit convenience equals or betters cars, we'll continue to see lower transit ridership, reduced routes and schedules, congested roads, longer than necessary commute times, and obscenely excessive continued climate changing and air polluting emissions.<BR/><BR/><I>"Mr. Godine stated he was working with Del. Liz Bobo and has contacted Congressman Cummings with regard to extending the DC Metro green line into Columbia."</I><BR/><BR/>Please skip Metro altogether. Why would he suggest waiting for a Metro train when he just said waiting for a bus doesn't work?<BR/><BR/>Instead, just give Columbia the first <A HREF="http://www.skytran.net/01QuickTour/Brochure%20PDFs/Unimodal_Skytran_Overview_11_02_04_lowres.pdf" REL="nofollow">personal rapid transit line</A> in Maryland. It will be faster, far far more convenient, less expensive to build and operate, quieter, cleaner, enjoy more ridership, avoid decimating green space and dividing neighborhoods, have much less expensive stations spaced closer together to allow walking to them (not needing massive parking lots or garages), save energy, be able to run day and night, etc.<BR/><BR/>A <A HREF="http://www.skytran.net/03Economics/s08.htm" REL="nofollow">grid</A> of these personal rapid transit lines could be built and operated for the same cost as one point-to-point extension of Metro, providing pedestrian access to the PRT line for thousands more people than would have pedestrian access to Metro.<BR/><BR/><I>"Mr. Godine stated (and this was the second public meeting I had heard this during the week, so I don’t think this is spilling the beans) that the County was going to commission an extensive traffic study in the near future.</I><BR/><BR/>Good. All transit choices should be discussed, not just the ones that have failed to solve our congestion and pollution problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33706982.post-76114411717129987662007-02-08T19:28:00.000-05:002007-02-08T19:28:00.000-05:00Bill,Nice post. I am encouraged by the time and th...Bill,<BR/>Nice post. <BR/>I am encouraged by the time and thought that GGP is putting into this.<BR/>-wbwordboneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250201271555676642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33706982.post-62462594392862897082007-02-08T10:08:00.000-05:002007-02-08T10:08:00.000-05:00I agree with Evan and Hayduke.I agree with Evan and Hayduke.Steve Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648535536430111093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33706982.post-31363558642055716642007-02-08T09:18:00.000-05:002007-02-08T09:18:00.000-05:00Great recap! Thanks.Great recap! Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33706982.post-70966216140080881592007-02-08T00:43:00.000-05:002007-02-08T00:43:00.000-05:00Very interesting and there is a lot of encouraging...Very interesting and there is a lot of encouraging info here. Thanks Bill for filling us in.<BR/><BR/>I particularly found the following bits of information interesting and will post on them at www.howardcountyblog.blogspot.com:<BR/><BR/>* Mr. Godine stated he was working with Del. Liz Bobo and has contacted Congressman Cummings with regard to extending the DC Metro green line into Columbia.<BR/><BR/>* Mr. Godine stated (and this was the second public meeting I had heard this during the week, so I don’t think this is spilling the beans) that the County was going to commission an extensive traffic study in the near future.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393033274795502694noreply@blogger.com