Goodness people, everyone knows we are still operating much like a small town that a huge busting-at-the-seams city. We need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century! People from other places laugh at how we are still too stuck in time in all the wrong ways.

they have been talking about this for over 2 years now, and the city/county wants to close Commerce & Market Streets from 4 lanes to just 2 lanes between IH37/281 on the East and IH 10/35 on the west and run a single line street car in either direction.

Heres an idea, lets get rid of nelson wolf before he rams this crap down our throats!!!

Wonder if the city leaders have examined the people-moving done in Denver? The 16th street mall is a roadway closed to car traffic, but has FREE to use busses that run from one end to the other, ferrying locals, tourists, and downtown workers. No rails to maintain, just buses like the new longer Via bus announced yesterday. Stops every block or so, get on, get off, whenever you want. Might not work along Commerce (west bound) and Market (east bound) but well worth a look... especially since the work horses (busses) are already in the stable. Full disclosure: Denver also has high speed rail under construction from Lodo (trendy part of downtown) to it's airport some 20 miles east of the city, as well as rail from the airport to it's Tech Center (residential and commercial hot spot on the southern edge of the city). However, they started with the 16th st. bus system. Food for thought.

It's expensive to build way out in the county, build new highways, new roads, more congestion,” Wolff told News 4 WOAI. So Wolff does not care about the county at all, he only cares about downtown like all the others in office. Let's vote them all out!

The streetcar project is not only wasteful, but so poorly planned it cannot be considered as mass transportation. It is instead a crony deal that will enrich a few at the expense of the taxpayers. I recall via building the Alamodome because it failed at the ballot box. Streetcars are routed to Pearl brewery to benefit developers along that route. San Antonio encouraged suburban sprawl for many years, and now it does not want to maintain the connecting streets serving those areas. Why should suburban property owners subsidize improvements to private property downtown? I recall when we had streetcars, and they were closed down because we were told buses were less expensive and more versatile. What changed, other than a wasteful spending local government?

JimmyCrackCorn...investing in something I will NEVER use is useless. SA does not have a large downtown area, let people walk and enjoy the exercise. If YOU want this choo choo train then donate to the cause.

What is wrong with people in this city? Street Cars and light rail are the future, not urban sprawl. Invest in the future you tea baggers!

FIX THE M'F'ING ROADS!!! I'm going to have to start commuting in my truck if the roads get any more hairy. Some places it's like driving off road.

We don't need light rail or anything similar, what we really need is more art. Lets plant thousands of trees and bushes. We could teach people how to dance and party. Its not as easy as it looks.