Bexar County is holding a
Transportation Choices Forum Friday.
The half-day workshop will include discussions about population growth, traffic congestion, the lack of adequate transit, air quality, and gas prices and how to address those issues, including our choices for future transportation.
Discuss: What do you think of the idea of San Antonio getting a light rail system?Tuesday, Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson held a press conference to discuss the upcoming workshop.
One of the choices to be discussed is light rail. Although the public voted against light rail in 2000, Commissioner Adkisson believes light rail is still an option for the San Antonio/Bexar County area.
"Oh absolutely," said Adkisson. "I think most people, really, if they think back, realize it was a mistake not to pass it."
Adkisson sits on the board of the
ASA Intermunicipal Commuter Rail District, which is checking out the possibility of installing a light rail system between San Antonio and Austin.
"If we don't do something to provide an array for choices, where people can provide lots of different ways for people to get from point A to point B, then we won't be competitive with other communities," explained Adkisson.
Discuss: What do you think of the idea of San Antonio getting a light rail system?
