The obvious solution, as it has been for ages, would be to build the north from 96th through downtown first, at least going to the new events centre, and built the south with bridges as a busway. This way, you provide the largest capacity to the busiest corridor. You also generate a lot more fares on the lowest cost/density mode of transport. Running half empty trains in the SE is not really financially smart. The distance is also shorter to the north, so you need fewer train cars to service it(at the same level of service).
The SE, with it's lack of density and large distances between population centres could be well served by buses originating at those denser locations and gathering to the busway. This gives the flexibility of using smaller or larger buses depending on need.
But since the north lacks a councilor willing to push for this, we get screwed.
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