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October 9, 2007

The Cemeteries Terminal - Original Proposal #2

A terminal located in the Canal Street neutral ground was developed for the Canal line's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) along with the City Park Avenue proposal:

While it looks OK on paper, this proposal is probably even worse than the existing arrangement, because it moves all the bus traffic from Canal Blvd. and City Park Avenue up to this position. With St. Anthony of Padua (K-8) on the left side of this map and Langston Hughes (5-7) on the right side and one block down, this configuration would put a lot of children and parents in the path of a lot of transit vehicles. The unpredictability of children running across the street, combined with the wide turns made by buses make this a very, very dangerous idea.

In the current debate over what to do with the Cemeteries terminal, the only advocates for this idea are some of the members of the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association. Their NIMBY perspective is so strong that they don't consider the safety factor. Cooler heads will prevail on this, no doubt.

Posted by YatPundit at October 9, 2007 10:33 AM

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