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Originally Posted by blackcat23
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.
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:
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El Monte Busway is basically freeway adjacent so extending the Red Line down that route would do little to benefit the community in terms of improving density, being convenient to things in each neighborhood, or even creating walkable environments. I'd rather the Red Line follow something more along the lines of Mission.
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