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Originally Posted by JG573
So basically not BRT at all, well not by world standards. If they are not going to go with MAX down Powell which I highly doubt they should at least go all out with the BRT.
Personally I would love to see a max line down Powell with wide sidewalks and one lane in each direction. Apartment buildings lining the street instead of the endless strip malls on Powell.
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Given the wideness of Powell, two lanes either direction is still possible. It is possible the road diets on Division and Foster may move some traffic to Powell. The main limitation of a MAX (and BRT for that matter) is, as has been mentioned before, limited ROW near Fred Meyer, to which I suggested earlier:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/101004589@N07/9657053996/
This would require a bridge across the UP tracks and some investment in that area, not to mention removal of some buildings.
The Powell-Division project at Metro finally has an area of the city where there would likely be much less resistance to, and greater demand for, LRT (compared to SW, and Milwaukie), and yet they seem to not even consider it at the outset. Their goal states "high demand in the near term," precluding LRT. If people want it, they'll need to organize.