As the city debates what to do next with light rail, the city’s most widely known light-rail champion -- Clay Chastain -- has begun to discuss ways to alter his own plan.</p><p>Up until now, city politicos assumed the Chastain plan would be repealed for various reasons, including costs.</p><p>But Chastain said last week in a telephone interview from Virginia that he’s now willing to revise his voter-approved light-rail plan to make it workable.</p><p>"I am willing to be open to revising it in order to be practical," said Chastain, who met here last week with light-rail advocates.</p><p>Chastain declined to detail his recent discussions. But he said he might be willing to endorse building the 27-mile light-rail plan in increments, starting for example at Swope Park and moving north.</p><p>Chastain said a light-rail starter line would spawn a regional system, foster economic growth and restore community pride, attracting new residents and encouraging more city improvements.</p><p>But Chastain isn’t sold on changing everything -- he still wants the more expensive traditional light-rail trains. Modern streetcars require overhead wires, which he said do not fit well with the character of the city’s boulevards and parks.</p><p>And he said neither The Star nor anyone else should offer different light-rail ideas when his voter-approved plan has not been repealed. He said he fears that continual voting, then repeal of various proposals, will only sour voters on light rail.</p><p>Chastain said he did see some merit in the newspaper’s proposal.</p><p>But for now, he’s sticking with his light-rail plan -- with maybe a few revisions.