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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
And went from 6 lanes, including parking, to 2. 
Don't know if it applies to Tampa but after WW II, General Motors went around the country buying up trolly lines. They ripped out the infrastructure and converted to (GM) busses. Then after people were used to busses they quietly sold off these lines, often at a loss. But they accomplished the destruction of dozens of trolly lines which was their goal.  |
Interesting! Do you have any links on the GM story? I need to research that because it means that GM would have stolen Tampa's trolly system for fifty years! What a waste.
I really do hate many of the changes they've made to downtown. Streets slimmed down so they could force traffic flow along one-way lines, storefronts were wiped out to make way for lunchtime-only sandwich shops, warm lighting was removed and replaced cheaper, harsher lamps, and buildings have been allowed to rot and collapse. Instead of doing what so many other cities have done, which is to rennovate and turn the spaces residential, Tampa has elected to build newer condos along the waterfront.
They'll have to gut the entire city, in the end, in order to bring it back to life.