I'd really like to see a plan put into motion to add new segements of skyways that finally give downtowners a way over or under those endless coal trains. I suggested in our previous conversation that such a system incorporate large solariums through which these new skyways would be routed. (They'd become 'catwalks' upon entry to and then across the solariums) Such an arrangement would naturally draw skyway pedestrians back to the street level (where we want most of the action anyway) to sit with friends amidst lush greenery while swapping stories and sipping coffee. The solariums would in themselves become downtown destinations, esp. in colder weather. The city must draw up a master plan providing a template for where we want new skyways to be built, BEFORE any further development is allowed in the central district. Reason: we would mandate that developers incorporate room into their new downtown projects that reserved ample spaces for future skyways. Of course new skyways/solariums - if they were stragegically sited and routed THROUGH or contiguous to new apartments/condos/mom & pops - would almost guarantee success to say nothing of the delightful amenity such infrastructure would provide!