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20 comments on Transit-Oriented Redevelopment in New Orleans?

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ashaddock on January 12, 2006 - 1:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
If ever there were a time or a place to embark on what for the US would be a trailblazing step into new urbanist development, this would be it.   The city has a history of beloved street cars.  It has also had a different and unique flavor, look and feel to it and it needs some help right now.

IMHO, redevelopment, civic life and tourism would all receive a massive boost from the transit and other aspects of the plan.  Imagine New Orleans as a tourist destination under this plan!

But I don't think the dinosaurs in DC will want that to happen.  Other cities might want the same thing! We'll see columns from Randall O'Toole explaining why everyone should be given a car instead - perhaps so they can all drive away in the next hurricane. He's probably writing one right now. Call me cynical.

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Super G on January 12, 2006 - 1:31pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Regarding evacuation: If coordinated properly, the heavy rail passenger service to Baton Rouge could be a very efficient way to evacuate people who don't have cars.
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