Comments on: K Street Transitway Video http://leftforledroit.com/2009/10/k-street-transitway-video/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:48:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://leftforledroit.com/2009/10/k-street-transitway-video/#comment-7 admin Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:14:10 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=28#comment-7 Indeedy, that legal hurdle does pose a serious challenge. The Biz. Journal <a href="http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/12/daily53.html?ana=from_rss" rel="nofollow">says</a> that Councilmember Wells will try to overturn it, but I don't understand how the Council thinks it can just overturn a Federal law. Perhaps there's a provision in the original law providing the Council the ability to do so. I'm probably going to search for the actual legislation when I have some time. Indeedy, that legal hurdle does pose a serious challenge. The Biz. Journal says that Councilmember Wells will try to overturn it, but I don’t understand how the Council thinks it can just overturn a Federal law. Perhaps there’s a provision in the original law providing the Council the ability to do so. I’m probably going to search for the actual legislation when I have some time.

]]> By: Matt Johnson http://leftforledroit.com/2009/10/k-street-transitway-video/#comment-6 Matt Johnson Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:27:19 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=28#comment-6 Thanks for the post! One item of note, which may or may not be relevant, the video clearly show catenary wires in the streetcar simulation. K Street is within the L'Enfant City/Georgetown, and therefore has a Congressionally mandated ban on overhead wires. I'm not opposed to relaxing the ban for LRT/Streetcars, but the ban does exist. Thanks for the post!

One item of note, which may or may not be relevant, the video clearly show catenary wires in the streetcar simulation. K Street is within the L’Enfant City/Georgetown, and therefore has a Congressionally mandated ban on overhead wires.

I’m not opposed to relaxing the ban for LRT/Streetcars, but the ban does exist.

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