http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/04/14/lyon-township-trail-update/ Promoting non-motorized transportation in the Motor City Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/04/14/lyon-township-trail-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Todd Scott Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:26:45 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=1713#comment-1656 Great points, Chris. After reading many of the Lyon Township planning committee minutes, it seems they hope to build a DINO - a downtown in name only. I don't understand why they didn't try to preserve and build up "New Hudson" as you suggest using a more traditional downtown model. Perhaps that's due to their apparent enthusiasm for attracting national chains. Great points, Chris. After reading many of the Lyon Township planning committee minutes, it seems they hope to build a DINO – a downtown in name only. I don’t understand why they didn’t try to preserve and build up “New Hudson” as you suggest using a more traditional downtown model. Perhaps that’s due to their apparent enthusiasm for attracting national chains.

]]> http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2009/04/14/lyon-township-trail-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1654 Chris Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:03:48 +0000 http://www.m-bike.org/blog/?p=1713#comment-1654 Awesome! That's great to hear. Although I think the ring road is unnecessary, the ring road and trail in its current ROW are not mutually exclusive, as the GWE map shows. The reroute along the ring for a dubious land-grab is what really made this so terrible. Especially when there otherwise does not seem to be any real master planning or acceptance of the current (and future) real estate market. The ring road seems unnecessary in that Lyon Township should be focusing on preserving and developing what little is left of "downtown New Hudson" which technically does not exist as a town or village, it's all just the Charter Township of Lyon. If they continue on their current trajectory, it'll be an empty ghost sprawltown full of rotting Applebee's and Walmarts, with nothing left to make it an attractive place to live, work or play. Awesome! That’s great to hear. Although I think the ring road is unnecessary, the ring road and trail in its current ROW are not mutually exclusive, as the GWE map shows. The reroute along the ring for a dubious land-grab is what really made this so terrible. Especially when there otherwise does not seem to be any real master planning or acceptance of the current (and future) real estate market. The ring road seems unnecessary in that Lyon Township should be focusing on preserving and developing what little is left of “downtown New Hudson” which technically does not exist as a town or village, it’s all just the Charter Township of Lyon. If they continue on their current trajectory, it’ll be an empty ghost sprawltown full of rotting Applebee’s and Walmarts, with nothing left to make it an attractive place to live, work or play.

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