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Originally Posted by ardecila
If the streetcar line ran up side streets following the North Branch, it seems like you could install diverters at major intersections to make the street useless for cut-through traffic (you wouldn’t be able to travel more than a block or two before a forced left/right turn). Right now many of these streets are sleepy but a full build out of Lincoln Yards would spill gridlock onto many side streets, so it’s important to preserve the transit advantage.
So, yeah, basically what they did for King St in Toronto. Except it should (hopefully) be less controversial, since the streets up the North Branch are not currently main thoroughfares.
I would like to see it connect to Fullerton on the north end... that way it can serve Brown, Red and Purple Lines with one stop instead of having to awkwardly serve both North/Clybourn and Armitage. Basically one branch going to Fullerton and another going west down Armitage to the Western Blue Line.
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My first inclination would probably be to replace the North Ave bus with street cars and divert traffic much as outlined above for a substantial portion of the route. Would be a major benefit to existing residents as well as new developments. Still hits CTA heavy rail at Damen, Clybourn, and Sedgwick.
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