Blog No. 179: Sunday
Some random local news on my mind:
Not too long ago, the RT board approved a new light rail system to travel from Downtown Sacramento through Natomas and eventually ending at the Airport, otherwise known as DNA light rail. I say eventually because they expect plans to be finished by 2017. The story showed up again in this month's Natomas Magazine, talking about starting work on it relatively soon. Apparently, they are still trying to work out how to incorporate the light rail into the existing Truxel road.
There were plans about streetcar services in mind in Sacramento to begin with. Now they are thinking of building a more modernized look to their light rails. In the magazine, they've had some light rails that ran along tracks within grass. "We're going to work with neighborhoods and build features that may not exist in Sacramento today," so says Mike Wiley, GM and CEO of Regional Transit.
Problem is, local folk have showed general dislike of this idea, posting signs along Truxel in protest of these plans. I do understand their view a little bit. I would assume it'd lead to more business around Truxel, but light rails also get a bad rep for being almost a mark of urban decay. Would we want more people coming through our neck of the woods? Would our nationwide economic strain make our plans fall through? Would our community benefit in the end, or are we going to be left picking up the pieces?
My mom has pointed out that when she was young, she remembered drawing up maps of the new "light rail" system that was planned to be built all over Sacramento, already to the airport, and said to be finished within a few years. Now, we're still talking about plans to have the light rail to the airport.
You never realize how big Sacramento is until you've circled around it a few times. From what I've seen, it would be really convenient to ride the light rail across town to the south area or West Sac to visit people. But, I guess right now, I wouldn't even mind a simple light rail down one of my most frequented streets, seeing as there really isn't a bus going toward Arco...
We should totally hang out at the airport...
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In other news...
Back in February, the Mythbusters announced this:
Never let Tory near any babies or infant creatures...
Anyways, I logged on to Twitter and found this:
Kari's a mommy now! Woot!
If she ever so happens to read this blog, I'd like to say, "Congrats! Teach her well in the way of the Mythbuster! XP"
Fin.
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2 comments:
Wait.
The way I'm reading it, it seems like Grant is the baby daddy. Is that true? If it is cool. If it's not, that's cool too.
LOL Naw. It's someone else completely non related to the Mythbusters cast. XP
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