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Originally Posted by Hardhatdan
Please be f**king kidding...you want to have what most likely amounts to well over a billion dollars of operational infrastructure removed because it isn't esthetically appealing? Are you joking...seriously?
You want to pay crews millions of dollars to demolish and decommission a billion+ dollars worth of equipment?
How about spend those millions on new trolleys and get the system up and going with 95% uptime...oh wait we already have that, now imagine what new trolleys would do.
This isn't burying power/tel/cable, when you bury those they are still there, this is removing the infrastructure.
Come on guys get real with this "its ugly" argument...
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Yes, I'm serious. Dismantle the system. Sell the parts to recoup some of the cost. Whatever cost remains is the cost of beautifying our city.
Don't minimize the importance of esthetics. If you think it's not important take a moment and think about the world you're living in. Why do people dress nice, wear makeup, clean the streets, mow the lawn and buy hardwood floors? Because beauty matters.
Speaking of "getting real", the "it's ugly" argument is a lot more real to me than "save the environment". When you consider the other 100,000 cars and trucks driving around, taking 50 diesel busses off the road isn't going to have any measurable impact on our environment.