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What kind of Population Density do you need for Commuter rail?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Hobo1971</i> <br /><br />Today I was at local MPO or Metropolitin Planning Organization that determins were the bucks will be spent. This is for a Midwest City in Ohio. They told me that even though we have 2,000,000 People in our Metro Area that we do not have the Population density to support Commuter Rail[?]. But Boston has 2.5 million Metro and Baltimore has about 1.9 Million and they have Commuter rail. <br />They were willing to spend 22,000,000 a mile to put in a extra lane of freeway but not spend the money on Commuter rail...So What kind of POP density do we need? Do we wain till the Urban Sprawl gets so bad that we cant breath anymore[B)][}:)][:p][V] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I would suggest asking the planners what specific metrics they relied upon in their determination that there was inadequate population density. Ask what specific statistics and research was done to support this conclusion. If they don't give you an adequate response I would make a Freedom of Information Act request to their agency and any other public agencies involved. <br /> <br />LC
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