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Originally Posted by zilfondel
I think that one of the biggest problems we have downtown is that too many lines share physical tracks, therefore running all the trains on one set would drastically reduce capacity of the MAX system.
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Good point. I'd support the Green/Yellow lines sharing one double-track line and Blue/Red sharing a parallel line. It could make station placement tricky if all lines share the same tunnel, but I'll leave that up to the experts.
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Originally Posted by zilfondel
Instead, I would separate them onto their own alignments to increase throughput. I'd also run the Yellow Line to Tigard and to Vancouver, extend the Orange line to Oregon City, convert WES to Red Line extension, and build a brand new MAX line underneath Division - from Gresham to downtown, then out Beaverton Hillsdale Highway or something like that.
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IIRC the Southwest Corridor Plan calls for the proposed Tigard/Bridgeport MAX (Purple?) to be interlined with the Green Line much as Orange/Yellow are interlined now.
Extending the Orange Line to OC seems especially prudent now that the Willamette Falls Riverwalk project could bring tourist traffic aplenty to that area - and bringing the Yellow Line to the 'Couv might be an easier concept to sell with that community's own riverfront project (in this case residential/commercial) already bearing fruit.
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