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Originally Posted by yads
They wouldn't be using the walkway from the park & ride anyway.
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Who is to say where old people would be coming from? I could see them walking from the complex in the SW corner of the intersection to the park and ride and then over to the station via a walkway.
Plus, old people are unpredicatable and ninja like. Trust me when I say it, once an old person gets hit at this intersection (it will happen), they'll be up in arms and we all know how much retired folk like to complain.
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Originally Posted by Rathji
As much as elevated walkways are nice, if it saves us some money and doesn't kill too many stupid people on their iPods I think we should cut them out
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Green text aside, Im not so sure about this. The whole point of the WLRT is to cut down commuting times. A few extra dollars for a couple of walkways wouldn't have been a big deal in the budget, nor a sticking point. Those extra ~8 seconds of red times on 17th and Bow at those intersections is going to add up; it wasn't a dollar based decision, but rather one of aesthetics and complaints by the comm. asscs.