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Phl_worldwide t1_j8nff01 wrote

Reply to comment by markskull in Do you want a Roosevelt Blvd Subway? Tell the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission ASAP! by markskull

can you share projections that Northeast Philadelphia is going to stop declining? If any subway extension happened would it make sense to build it to the navy yard where literal thousands of new jobs and new apartments are about to be built?

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markskull OP t1_j8nli85 wrote

AGAIN, why not both?

Northeast Philadelphia has a substantial population, massive car use, and this would still be helpful for both people trying to get to and from the area and helping to slow its population decline. The area is built around cars, and if you're going to advocate for better zoning around mass transit and better pedestrian infrastructure, guess what underlying system helps to foster that?

I'm also advocating for an extension to the Navy Yard, too, and we really need both.

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PurpleWhiteOut t1_j8nq24x wrote

I'm pro both projects, but you do have a point about the decline. The drops in population in NE has been significant and pretty fast. On one hand, this could maybe help the areas around the stations, or it could end up having declined significantly by the time it's done and end up with worse areas around it like what happens with much of the BSL and El

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Phl_worldwide t1_j8nqgp0 wrote

Exactly. Honestly, I appreciate the guy who has pushed for the Roosevelt but I’m now to the point where I’m worried it’s just distracting from better enhancements and we will get nothing built

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mortgagepants t1_j8nnnb1 wrote

they could easily have the broad street line surface running for that portion but they don't want to.

ridership projections for the BLVD are estimated at 125,000 trips per day, about the same as the subway and the el.

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