Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Arboreal Massacre! The WAVE

Wow!
From: Cal Deal [mailto:caldeal@gate.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 9:49 AM
To: Jack Seiler; Romney Rogers; Bruce Roberts; Dean Trantalis; Robert McKinzie; Lee Feldman; Dale Holness; Nan Rich; Steve A. Geller; Tim Ryan; Mark Bogen; Barbara Sharief; Chip LaMarca; Beam Furr; Michael Udine
Cc: Arian Campo-Flores; Tim Smith; Rolando Otero; George Mihaiu; Larry Barszewski; Dan Christensen; Brittany Wallman; Bob Norman; Jess Swanson; Andrew Abramson
Subject: Wave Marks S Andrews Trees for Death
 
 
ARBOREAL MASSACRE!
 
Wave Streetcar targets ALL South Andrews median trees for death!
 
 
Funny thing … the Wave people never bothered to post their Tree Mitigation [aka “Destruction”] Plan on their web site … until I asked for it. The Plan went online yesterday. Here is a block-by-block look at details from the plan. Xs show which trees, large and small, will be killed and dragged away. The plans are followed by GoogleEarth images of the living trees as they beg for mercy. Basically, everything in the medians would be a goner.
 
The trees will be “replaced by sets of black poles on either side of the street, connected by wire and holding up streetcar wires. These sets of black poles will be about 90 feet apart.
 
Cal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With two lanes of roadway, they designed it to take out the trees. This is SW 18 St, where the streetcars
would leave South Andrews and head toward the maintenance facility.
 
 
 
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Cal Deal
 
1317 SE 2nd Ave.
Fort Lauderdale FL 33316
(954) 295-3726
 
CANCEL The Wave Streetcar!
 
NOTE: I live in the area they say will most benefit from The Wave. At first I liked the idea, but after reading and reflection, I am AGAINST it. Instead of deploying 1880s technology, we need to join the transportation pioneers of the 21st Century and become a showcase for how to do a modern transit system and do it well. We need to DREAM!  Please join me in opposing this $200 million-plus  boondoggle — and don’t forget to tell your commissioners what you think. (See below)
 
Click here for info:
 
EXCELLENT, 10-POINT CRITIQUE OF THE WAVE
by Randal O’Toole. Click here.
 
Email your commissioners  
Click here for a pre-addressed form:
 
Give them a piece of your mind!
 
• Page One — BOONDOGGLE BACKERS: Six Broward County commissioners vote to keep project going (6/13/17)
• Angry Crowd — NOT ONE PERSON SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE STREETCARS (6/5/17)
• Library — Videos, key documents, studies, maps
• CRA Broke Law? — Possible misuse of $7.5 million!!!
• Take Email Action — It’s easy! Go here to get a pre-addressed blank email to ALL city & county commissioners
• Kansas City — Ridership trendline down after one year
 
More to come!
 
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR EMAIL LISTS, ETC.!
 

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