http://www.grpundit.com/2009/05/13/rapid-silver-line-they-almost-got-to-take-credit/ Politics | Economics | Society | Grand Rapids, Michigan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:12:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.grpundit.com/2009/05/13/rapid-silver-line-they-almost-got-to-take-credit/#comment-540 MarkJ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:23:06 +0000 http://www.grpundit.com/?p=370#comment-540 Have you ever lived in a city with dedicated mass transit infrastructure? I live in Washington, DC (grew up in GR) and I can assure you that when they opened up a new metro subway line a few years ago it spurred (and is still spurring) tons of development near several of the new metro stops. I doubt BRT would have had quite as dramatic an effect but transit stops can and do spur development. Have you ever lived in a city with dedicated mass transit infrastructure? I live in Washington, DC (grew up in GR) and I can assure you that when they opened up a new metro subway line a few years ago it spurred (and is still spurring) tons of development near several of the new metro stops. I doubt BRT would have had quite as dramatic an effect but transit stops can and do spur development.

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