This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published October 08, 2010 and can be found here.
Can I just say I love WXXI, public radio, and the Bob Smith Show. One day the topic might be the economy or politics; the next might be how to avoid lead poisoning. His guests are always relevant and the conversation is always thought provoking. Also, what other show (besides Wease) can a guy from a blog called RochesterSubway.com call and actually be put on the air?
Yesterday, Councilmember Carla Palumbo was Bob's guest and the topic was the Mortimer Street Bus Terminal. Most of the callers denounced the project for it's poor placement or lack of inter-connectivity with other modes of transportation. I wanted to try to move the conversation forward--beyond just this one project.
Take a listen to the show and pay special attention to Carla's answer to my question at around 45 minutes in...
[audio:https://www.rochestersubway.com/audio/WXXI_Bob_Smith_2010-10-07.mp3|autostart=no]
I'll share my thoughts on this later this weekend so stay tuned. And let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.
