NOTE: Scroll down to the beginning of this series for background
RTA is really caught between a rock and a hard place on the terminal issue. None of these plans is a good idea, and their current proposal, the Canal Blvd. location, has the neighborhood howling. It's pretty much a lose-lose at this point.
Going back to the initial proposal, 100-120 City Park, Adrian Bruneau and Johnny Adriani have proposed a modified version of this plan that factors in the presence of the Orleans Parish Communication District's new 911 Call Center facility. Their proposal is to loop around the call center and back out onto City Park Avenue. It's similar to the original off-street, City Park Avenue proposal, but it now includes the OPCD facility.
Their proposal is available as a PDF here.
Please have a look at this proposal, particularly those of you who are in the transit business in other parts of the country/world. I'd like to see your thoughts and comments on it. While I think that Adrian and Johnny are a bit harsh in their criticism of RTA, they raise very valid concerns about the Canal Blvd. proposal.
Props to Adrian and Johnny for putting this together. Adrian Bruneau is a candidate for State Representative for District 94, which includes Lakeview.
(NOTE: CanalStreetCar (dot com) is not affiliated with the Bruneau campaign, and we can't vote for him, since we don't live in District 94.)
