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Originally Posted by kevman
And after a few stops downtown you could go SW to Mt. Royal.
To me the underground option feels more like a vanity project and isn't actually satisfying a transit need. A green line down 10th Ave makes for some pretty easy connections to the 7th ave lines and, as you said, 350m is a pretty painless transfer. There are longer transfers within the same subway station in New York.
I'd love to know the actual breakdown of the costs per segment. If someone told me it was going to cost $2 billion to link 4th St. to Eau Claire, I'd say we could fund public Ubers for the 100 people a day that need that connection. But if that same $2 billion got you the Eau Claire line north it's a no brainer IMO.
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With hindsight the North and West lines would have made the most sense to connect with LF trains:
https://metrodreamin.com/edit/MjJEb3...ZSVDBoRUZKM3ww (gold and silver lines are really one line)
The SE is really classic Calgary LRT with full dedicated ROW, so HF trains would work just fine. But 3 trains entering 7th from the east could not work for long, so red line would have to move to 8th
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Where would it turn north?
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It wouldn't. A stop at Bottle Screw Bill's puts you less than 350m from 7th ave and 230m from 8th. Can do the same at 4th/5th and 8th.
It's not ideal, but it's much better than a terminus east of City Hall. You could add high frequency bus loop(s) to circulate downtown. 6th Ave and 9th should get dedicated bus lanes for the MAX routes anyways.