Quote:Possibilities are endless. Would be great to eventually see it expand to the Landing, then maybe see the skyway expanded to go along the river, stadium, baseball/arena, Landing, etc. Heck, make the skyway go down Main street up to 8th street and really start a movement of getting people to move to springfield where they can truly live, work, and play without ever crossing the bridge.

 

Extending the Skyway anywhere would cost probably half a billion dollars to make it meaningful.  Expanding the Skyway at this point would require yet another retrofit to upgrade the trains and to modify the existing rail for that.  It's obsolete after almost 15 years with the new trains.

 

It would be cheaper and more efficient to set up something unique like a trolley system that runs a constant loop through the area. It could tie in with the Skyway by having touch points at the downtown stations that are currently in place.  Dropping tracks into the existing roads in the area would be a lot cheaper than building an elevated rail that would detract from the look and feel they're going for. 

 

I do agree that they need some sort of system of transportation throughout that area to bring people in and out for work and entertainment.  Tying in Springfield would be a good idea, although that would be something that would probably be a decade or more out.

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