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Honestly this line or the Blue Line should have been before Red. Glad its finally getting started
Eh, I think it made sense for the Red Line to go first. In terms of combination of job density + population density, the Red Line was the winner with no contest. The Purple Line working in tandem with the Red Line will improve capacity on Meridian Street and provide single-transfer access to jobs along College.
It is a delicate balance to achieve the metrics that best assure federal funding. The Red Line presented the best metrics, as noted above, for employment, density, access, travel time, and cost. The Purple Line benefits from the shared segment between the downtown transit center and 38th St. A key enhancement for both would be a limited stop route connecting the north end of the Red Line to a far east stop on the Purple Line via 86th, 82nd, and Shadeland that would serve employment, shopping, medical, and other attractions.
Yes, Derek C, that would be very beneficial. In similar manner, the Blue Line should connect with the Red Line somewhere west, before going all the way to the bus station.
And I’ll always wonder why the Red Line didn’t go north on Keystone rather than College, where it wasn’t wanted + creates traffic issues. This would have linked people to Meijer’s, Target + other shopping, dr’s offices, a big library branch, lots of places for employment. Since much of downtown is a food desert, making transportation to a large grocery store readily available is sorely needed. Maybe it should make a loop + go 1 direction on College + other on Keystone?
The density and walkability of Keystone is terrible, it would have been a poor performer on that alignment. The referendum results by precinct prove that the notion that the Red Line on College “wasn’t wanted” is completely unfounded. Lastly, doing a loop and forcing riders to go all the way around just to make a return trip would be a disaster. It’s bad for riders and insanely expensive from the perspective of operating costs.