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Originally Posted by HSVTiger
yep this could be the one, imagine if light rail connected downtown Decatur, Sweetwater, Huntsville International Airport, Research Park/Redstone Arsenal and downtown Huntsville.
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I know, right? It's not as if it isn't a viable transit solution; there is plenty of vacant land in downtown Decatur to hold a parking deck. The old train station off Bank Street would be a great location for a Western terminus and there's enough land adjacent for a parking lot or deck.
While Huntsville is a sprawling city, it oddly has large concentrations of employment in Cummings and Redstone, then there's downtown. They're perfect locations for commuters from Decatur and Madison to disembark.
Honestly, even a simple commuter rail line would be great.
Also, if there was ever a project that could really bring rail transit into discussion, I think it would be this one. Just imagine the population increase this could bring. We don't need to spend money on widening 565 at the Huntsville/Decatur boundary; a rail line would eliminate countless cars from the daily mile long gridlock stretching from downtown Decatur to the 565/65/20/Alt72 interchange. Additionally, the added traffic in downtown would do wonders for the downtown revitalization going on at the moment.