ION Stage I: what would you do differently?

[ac3r]

Another thing would be grass on the embedded sections like you find in Europe. A nice looking boulevard of down the roads.

I'm terribly disappointed they didn't do this. I figure they thought it would be too much work to maintain or that they thought grass would cause wear on the concrete ties...or maybe didn't think of it at all. It would be nice to see this one day but I doubt they'd put the money into it now. It would look great, be beneficial for the environment and ecology, provide better drainage and minimize heat island effects.