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Originally Posted by cololi
As far as ridership goes, Sandy (general area) produces the most downtown riders. They also are expected to produce the most airport users. They also have almost as many riders that go to the University as any other line, WVC is first, but not by much. You obviously cannot have the Sandy line go to all three destinations, but you can get it to hit two: downtown and airport. I think the reason behind teh sandy line stopping at Arena is to prepare it for interlining it with the airport line, so the Blue line (Sandy line) hits downtown and the airport. From an operational stand point, I see the logic in this. But I still don't like the North Temple frontrunner station because it really does take away a great deal of traffic from Central Station.
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So, from the information that cololi posted a few pages back, it seems that the W. Jordan line will become the green line and will run to the University, and the blue line would skip SL Central and go to the airport.
Does anybody know what UTA's plans are for the W. Valley (Yellow) line? Will it just end at the 2100 S. Station and riders will transfer there to the green or blue lines?
I'd like to see it continue up the main line from 2100 S., then turn west at 400 S./Main St. and loop to Central Station bypassing downtown, then continue up 600 W. to N. Temple, turn west and continue to the airport. This would allow people to get between downtown and the airport on the blue line with no transfer, and also allow people to travel between the airport and SL Central with no transfers. It would also create track that could be used for a loop to circulate around downtown:
But I doubt that at grade tracks could handle 3 lines in a single alignment downtown, especially the intersection of 400 South / Main street, which would have 5 lines passing through it under this scheme.