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I wish, but I'll be out of town. Will need to as soon as I get back. Some of my colleagues have ridden it, and they loved it. They said it felt quicker than the 30 minutes from Old Town to UTC. |
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If anybody goes, I need a picture of the Mormon Temple with the UTC skyline in the background :D
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Fingers crossed. Their website still has outdated info saying ground breaking in 2020 :???: :dunno: |
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I was browsing around the transit feature on Apple Maps and noticed that they have the Mid Coast Trolley extension live on their maps now. |
In other news, IQHQ got a tower crane up at the RaDD site this past weekend over by the Navy Building.
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4ed60b03_c.jpgRaDD Tower Crane by San Man, on Flickr |
Interesting news, City Council has eliminated commercial parking minimums access most of the city. We'll have to see how this effects development going forward.
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Blue Line extension, here are some opening day pictures. I'll take more when it's less crowded and hot!
Trolley arriving UTC station. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0f07bb32_c.jpgUTC trolley by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr Looking north from UTC station. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2f6c3d60_c.jpgUTC north by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr The viaduct, looking north from UTC, down on Genesee. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8a932fb6_c.jpgGenesee by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr Looking north from Balboa platform. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...014df020_c.jpgNorth from Balboa by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr System map at Balboa station platform. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1a92bb10_c.jpgTrolley Map by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr |
Hillcrest and El Cajon Blvd Corridor Infill Update
Empty lot across from HC DMV on Normal street, they are digging deep so lets hope for 5 floors there. Also a slim lot behind that Red Building on University that wasn't included in that project has construction going on.
Have you guys noticed some infill going on along EC Blvd finally, the old Poker room is getting filled in. Empty lot on Ohio or Illinois about to start construction (I asked the liquor store owner next door he said its a go). Farther east on 50 something street another Card Room that was shuttered has residential going in. University and Fairmont an old Union Bank Branch and their massive parking lot is getting Residential and another couple blocks east is a fenced off lot no equipment visible but hopefully infill coming. Bottom line is we are finally seeing construction in the less desirable areas. Something LA and Bay Area have been doing for years now and its finally coming here. |
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Some of your pics look empty |
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I boarded at Old Town transit center, which was very busy, parking was full. The trains were packed to capacity and the ride north was stuffy/hot, standing room only. There were quite a few people that weren't able to board at Tecolote and Balboa. The stations that were busy were UTC, UCSD (that's where the MTS opening event was), Balboa, Clairemont, Tecolote and Old Town. |
Ditto on how busy the stations were on Sunday, most trains were busy with all ages. In addition to the Old Town, parking at Cairemont Dr. and Balboa were full too. Most cars I rode were nice and cool, except for one where the AC definitely wasn't on or wasn't functional.
I had to laugh to myself as we rode through the UCSD Health La Jolla station since Scripps Memorial is JUST on the other side of Voigt drive. The UCSD Health hospital is noticeably further away, but hey when you have your name on the entire line you probably get the hospital stop named after you for free. Quote:
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Speaking of Trolley stops
Anyone know what is going on with this nice development on the huge empty lot just east of the Clairemont Dr stop at the bottom of the hill?
http://https://www.kpbs.org/news/qua...uture-clairemo Click link the renderings look great it is called Bayview Plaza by Protea Properties. All of the articles about it are from late Summer of 2019... :shrug: In a comment thread on a Tribune article about the new trolley line someone said this project has been canceled or didn't go through for some reason. I really hope that isn't true its a blighted lot and this Bayview Plaza looks dope. |
MTS was still talking about it as of May of this year. Check out Page 110 of the May 6 Executive Committee packet. https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/..._materials.pdf
Meeting minutes didn't shine too much more light on the status, excerpt below. "Ms. Cooney commented on the Clairemont Drive site and noted it as a critical access entryway to the nearby communities in Clairemont. She discussed concerns about the ability to access the site with an automobile and also noted bus accessibility limitations. She stated that the delay of this development could impact transit accessibility." https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/...ec_minutes.pdf Quote:
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I took a ride yesterday (Black Friday) on the new line from Nobel to UTC just to check it out. I got on an early train around 9:00 and it was pretty quiet, but coming back at noon the trains were full. The 5000-series Siemens cars are really nice.
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Now that construction has wrapped up, hopefully we see some movement on that property. What a prime property, walking distance to Mission Bay, units will have water views, 1 block from Clairemont Dr. Trolley stop, next to the 5. It's a 10 minute drive to Downtown, the airport, La Jolla and UCSD. |
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