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zero info on DestiNY transit options?

A very interesting story on a very interesting project, but I was surprised to see that nobody apparently bothered to ask what the mall developer's plans were for transit options.  

Many sources in the story, as well as some blog contributors, rightly pointed out that malls inherently encourage wasteful fuel consumption by private autos.  But this could be at least somewhat mitigated by negotiating regular bus service with the local transit authority, and by providing bike shelters and bike paths that connect safely with city bike paths or bikeable streets.  

In fact, an attractive bike/pedestrian path loop meandering all around the mall grounds, and connecting via multiple "spoke" access paths to the mall itself, might tempt some shoppers to park a little farther from the doors and get a little exercise, as well as tempting cyclists and pedestrians to stop in at the mall for a snack.

Syracuse environmentalists should push the issue of accomodating multimodal transit at DestiNY with the developers and public officials, and Grist should follow up their original story to let us know the outcome.On Mega-mall in upstate New York could give birth to a clean-energy awakening posted 4 years, 6 months ago 9 Responses