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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

spooky3

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1. Maybe I don't understand the proposal but it seems to me that the point is to

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 10:52 AM

Dec 2020

connect to points northeast, not further southwest. Isn't the objective to give people (e.g., college students, commuters) more options than to drive on I-81 to get to Richmond and Northern VA (as well as other parts of VA)?

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VA Gov. Northam proposes $50 million to advance goal of bringing passenger rail to New River Valley [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 OP

Maybe I don't understand the proposal but it seems to me that the point is to spooky3 Dec 2020 #1

Yes, you're right. But I'm thinking, Radford isn't much of a terminal. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #2

yes, but Northam's job is to represent Virginians' interest; a train that crosses state lines spooky3 Dec 2020 #3