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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This new zoning state level zoning reform law is going to ruin many neighborhoods. It is a gift to developers that will keep on harming local residents. Most residents that live near bus stops don't even ride the buses, so tying zoning reform to buses stops makes no sense. The law about non-profits/churches getting special exemptions to zoning rules is also ridiculous. It violates the equal protection clause and gives some entities special treatment for land use rules. [/quote]

I don't know whether you know that religious institutions already have special exemptions to zoning rules. For example, churches are not residences, but churches are allowed to build by right in areas that are zoned residential.

Also, it's misleading to call a BRT station a "bus stop". There are probably bus stops in your neighborhood, but that's not what the plan is talking about. There are BRT stations on 29 that you can take a look at, for example the ones next to Blair, and the ones next to Trader Joe's. Zoning changes around BRT stations are just another example of transit-oriented development, which everyone in the county should already be familiar with. It's better to put the housing near public transportation, so the public transportation is convenient for people to use, than to put the housing far from public transportation. Also, we're going to invest a lot in public transportation, so we should support this investment by enabling more people to live near and use public transportation. [/quote]

They are bus stops.  It’s a bus.  It’s in the name.

Bus Rapid Transit.

Clever how they have even included the word “transit” in the acronym so that it sounds more urban as an excuse to build, but it’s still the bus.  A handful of people will take the neo bus and join the handful of people will ride their bikes, and in the end the majority get to suffer the consequences of this godawful plan.[/quote]

Buses are transit. That is generally known.

And yes, BRT buses stop at BRT stations, which I guess makes them bus stops, in the same way that train stops are places that trains stop at, and airplane stops are places that airplanes stop at, and ferry stops are places that ferries stop at, but we usually call them train stations, airports, and ferry terminals.[/quote]

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