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From YouTube: Mayor Mick Cornett - Facebook Questions (August 2012)
Description
Mayor Mick Cornett answers questions from his Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/mickcornett
A
Hello,
I'm
Mick
Cornett,
the
mayor
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
welcome
to
our
Facebook
page.
We
thought
we
would
do
something
specifically
for
our
friends
on
Facebook
and
we
asked
them
if
they
had
any
questions
about
things
that
are
going
on
in
the
city
or
at
down
at
City
Hall,
and
we
got
several
so
I
thought
I'd
answer
them
for
us
today.
First
of
all,
Ellis
Garrett
asked
what
about
public
transportation?
Well,
that's
a
very
general
question,
but
I
think
we're
headed
in
the
right
direction.
Public
transit
is
not
something
we
necessarily
do
well.
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We
lack
the
density
to
really
fund
it
efficiently,
but
we're
working
really
hard
on
creating
the
density,
so
public
transportation
in
the
future
of
Oklahoma
City
can
do
better
we're
constantly
reassessing
the
bus
service
and
the
routes
hoping
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
citizens.
At
the
same
time,
we're
adding
bike
lanes
throughout
downtown
Oklahoma
City
as
part
of
project
180
we're
expanding
our
citywide
bike
trails
with
funds
from
Maps,
3
and
maps.
Three,
most
importantly,
is
adding
a
modern
streetcar
system.
A
A
Downtown
called
spoke
ease,
which
is
basically
a
bicycle
program,
so
it'll
move
you
around
downtown
on
bicycles
and
so
far
so
good,
it's
proving
to
be
very
popular,
but
overall,
our
biggest
challenge
is
just
serving
residents
that
are
spread
out
over
one
of
the
largest
metropolitan
areas
in
the
country
or
over
600
square
miles.
We're
continuing
to
explore
ways.
We
can
do
better,
especially
on
the
bus
service
side,
but
we
really
need
to
start
looking
at
transit
regionally
and
we're
already
having
the
conversation.
So
on
a
future
day.
A
Perhaps
the
question
can
be
a
little
more
optimistic,
but
in
the
meantime,
we're
going
to
struggle
and
long-term
I
think
we're
going
to
have
some
answers
all
right.
On
a
related
note,
a
Steven
Tyler
asked
about
the
future
of
commuter
rail
service
between
Oklahoma,
City,
Edmond,
Norman
and
tinker,
and
well
we
discussed
that
a
lot
around
City
Hall.
A
couple
years
ago,
we
had
a
region-wide
group
start
to
look
at
what
would
be
commuter
rail,
connecting
Norman
and
Edmond
and
other
places,
east
and
west,
and
that
was
a
very
good
discussion.
A
The
problem
with
is
how
do
you
pay
for
it,
and
also
at
some
point
you
know
it
no
longer
is
just
oklahoma
city's
responsibility,
but
it's
the
responsibility
of
the
and
Edmond
and
Norman
to
step
up
and
and
help
with
the
funding,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
political
groundwork
that
has
to
take
place
between
now
and
when
it
makes
sense,
but
we're
working
on
it.
Also,
you
should
know
commuter
rail
is
very
expensive
and
Norman
and
Edmond
are
quite
a
ways.
A
So
funding
becomes
the
central
question,
especially
in
today's
fiscally
conservative
environment
and
in
a
community
where
automobile
traffic
generally
flows
pretty
freely.
If
we
had
a
lot
of
traffic
congestion,
it
would
probably
speed
up
the
cooperation
of
the
taxpayers
and
the
interest
of
the
other
communities
that
are
going
to
be
necessary
to
move
this
along
very
quickly.
All
right
next
question
comes
from.
Karl
would
Karl
wants
to
know
if
we've
considered
looking
at
Reno
Street,
which
is
the
you
know,
basically
the
north-south
divider.
A
The
city
of
Denver
in
the
city
of
Oklahoma
City
are
purely
similar
in
population,
but
the
region
of
Denver
is
more
than
twice
as
big
as
Oklahoma
City,
and
that
density
is
is
a
key
I
think
what
you'll
see,
though,
is
over
the
last
20
years.
We've
made
a
lot
of
steps
toward
trying
to
create
density.
That's
what
maps
was
about.
That's
what
maps
for
kids
was
about
and
that's
what
a
lot
of
maps
3
was
about,
and
certainly
project
180
is
about.
All
of
that.
A
We're
having
a
lot
of
people
move
to
the
city,
demand
for
housing
downtown.
All
of
those
things
make
the
type
of
project
that
you're
talking
about
make
more
sense
in
the
future.
We
also
are
designing
the
boulevard,
as
you
may
know,
and
it
runs
through
the
central
core
and
I
think
with
the
park
and
the
convention
center
in
the
downtown
streetcar
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
retail
down
the
line
in
downtown
Oklahoma
City
and
who
knows,
we
may
have
the
type
of
pedestrian
mall
that
you're
talking
about.