Pushing LRT past the entrance makes sense since you aren't tied up by slower travel times through a residential area. I think a good example of this is at the Cascade Station stops on the Portland MAX, which serve several power centers and Ikea. I've seen plenty of people carrying large Ikea boxes on the MAX, which stops a good deal away from the entrance.
That being said, I made it clear that these were within a 1/2 mile radius of a potential station location, so if traffic flow mandated it, we could easily have it south or north of there. Nothing, however, would make this successful if it loses its purpose of carrying troops.
I think that, too, was addressed by Cascade Station and is the primary reason the stations are set back-- to prevent commercial traffic from hindering the Red Line's purpose as an Aiport line.
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