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Originally Posted by SoCalKid
This extension is proposed mainly because it would use existing tracks, which would make it cheap (I think it's estimated to cost something like $70 million). It's also a good way to anticipate the population growth in the arts district, as the gold line stop only really serves those living in the northing portion of the hood.
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Possibly even cheaper than that, since the $70 million estimate was for a station at 6th street rather than in between 1st and 4th, which would require a pretty big remodel of the maintenance yard.
The only thing they'd really need to do is build a pedestrian bridge from One Santa Fe and install a PA system/TAP machines/etc.
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If they were ever gonna extend Red/Purple, I figured it'd be to Piggyback, LAC+USC, and then CSULA.
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Basically, convert the El Monte Busway to rail? I think that was the original idea when they built the Harbor Transitway. Link the two, make one contiguous grade separated busway and convert to light rail if the ridership justified it.
The original plans for the Eastside Red Line were to follow Whittier Blvd, like so:
