tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post112395974211784822..comments2023-10-02T08:28:06.724-05:00Comments on Ecology of Absence: Reform the Central West End MetroLink stationMichael R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-1124306834162971742005-08-17T14:27:00.000-05:002005-08-17T14:27:00.000-05:00Much of Lakeview and Streeterville are multiple bl...Much of Lakeview and Streeterville are multiple blocks from the Red or Brown lines. The CWE station is a good locale for the suburbanites commuting to BJC/WU jobs. Locals living in the dense CWE are more likely to walk than their other regional counterparts. Thus, I don't think the original line or station were poorly located. Still, Michael has a point, in that BJC/WU and even SLCOP could encourage a little more streetlife on Euclid between the station and Forest Park Avenue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-1124127979526899212005-08-15T12:46:00.000-05:002005-08-15T12:46:00.000-05:00Good to know that the Taylor connection will be ma...Good to know that the Taylor connection will be made. I hope this plan doesn't mean that Euclid will stay closed forever between Forest Park and Children's Place.Michael R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-1124123883304866452005-08-15T11:38:00.000-05:002005-08-15T11:38:00.000-05:00Actually WashU students will soon enjoy riding fro...Actually WashU students will soon enjoy riding from the Forsyth satellite (Forsyth) Hilltop campus (Big Bend, Skinker) to the Med campus (CWE).<BR/><BR/>But as for Michael's recommendations, a new station entrance is planned for Taylor. In fact, bus connections will be moving from Euclid to Taylor as a major transfer center akin to Kiel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-1124025296297541202005-08-14T08:14:00.000-05:002005-08-14T08:14:00.000-05:00The CWE stop is usually the example I use to tell ...The CWE stop is usually the example I use to tell other Wash U. students what's wrong with the Metrolink: it has plenty of stations, but most of them are isolated from each respective area's restaurants and retail. Imagine when the Wash U. Metrolink stop opens, and students start riding to the Grand stop, expecting to walk to South Grand...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023233413124607053noreply@blogger.com