grcitydog

Why are they thinking of building some crazy expensive system that's not tested when we don't have any sort of rail system now. I would rather see 10 miles of "normal" track than 1 mile of some hi-tech experimental track. Maybe once people get used to mass transit in Michigan and see its value, then we can move on to the cool stuff.

I voted for the proposal and am disappointed that it didn't pass, but in retrospect, it could be a good thing. I have to agree that light rail would be a bold step, something BRT is at least perceived as not. Imagine how light rail in a city this size, if it is successful, would propel GR into the spotlight as being a "green city". Hopefully, the ITP can regroup and come back with a proposal that is audacious and will get both sides talking and get things moving toward our future. Since a BRT line on division won't be built, perhaps we can get something better.

It is now a Guatemalen grocery store. I'm glad that spot wasn't empty very long.

It's very hard to read, but those are the names of the adjacent streets: Kellogg at the top and Cherry at the bottom. This area contains what is now former Mayor Logies house, among other residences.

I think the real advantage of a light rail or street car system over a BRT, especially the kind planned for Division is the permanance the laying of tracks in a road has over painting lanes. If I were a developer and wanted to build a TOD, I would much rather want to put something on a street that I knew would always be on a transit route. Maybe a BRT system would be there as long or longer, but the psychological effect of seeing rails embedded in the pavement would say to me that this thing was here to stay.

Also, you can build all the locomotives and cars you want, but this country is in woefull need of the infrastructure to run them on. It would take years if you started right now to build new tracks and upgrade the existing ones and to purchase the land for them and also build new stations.

It is my understanding that there was supposed to be a Starbucks going in there, but with the company scaling back, I don't think that is going to happen now. As to the bus shelter looking thing, I don't know, but it would be cool if that's what it is for.

Not to mention that more cars means more car infrastructure to accomodate them and that would cost even more billions of $.

I noticed that from Michigan/Fuller area looking west, the elevator towers are beginning to rise and look like they are in the middle of the street. When that building is done, it will certainly dominate the view from that direction!

I certainly hope that consideration is made for the pedestrian/ street level component of this bridge. It would be a great opportunity to make a statement as a "gateway" to the Medical Mile.

I'm glad to see a Sonic here if only because it is so frustrating to see their ads on TV and not be able to get it.

I also am appalled at this latest design. This is little better than what was there before! My only hope is that it is not the final design, but just a preliminary "sketch". If it is what is now planned, I have to agree with GRguy and say start over, it would be better to have nothing there for a while than this. The corner is too important to not go all the way with a quality building.

I think CVS was included in one of the original proposals.

What is a SPUI?

I walked down Wealthy last evening (the only way to get down it) and this building is now just a pile of rubble