"Qline Effect"? 20-story-plus high-rise Rumored for New Center

[emu steve]

Over the weekend I imagined in my mind M1-Rail expanded up to Pontiac and cities strategically discussing where stations would be. The cities would then re-zone land around the stations to allow for high-rise development. Land values and densities would greatly increase in areas that are within winter walking distance from the stations as more and more professionals find themselves with jobs in Downtown and Midtown Detroit.

This sounds like 'chapter and verse' of what has happened in the Washington, D.C. area.

Development has occurred around subway stations because it sure as hell beats driving in downtown D.C. [[I did yesterday in D.C. on EASTER Sunday and took me 40 minutes to go 5 miles).

Quite simply, if someone works downtown or another employment center [[e.g., Tysons Corner, Ballston, Pentagon, etc. etc.) one tries to take public transportation.

And if you walk out your door and go 5 minutes to a subway station and then get off the subway and walk another 5 minutes to the door of your place of work, consider yourself in D.C. heaven.

Anyone who has tried to drive a mile or two during the evening rush in downtown D.C. knows what driving hell is like: Gridlock, one-way streets, traffic circles, inattentive pedestrians, etc.