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Go Elevated or try for Underground?

  • Work with the province and go with the Elevated option

    Votes: 25 71.4%

  • Try another approach and go for Underground option

    Votes: 7 20.0%

  • Cancel it altogether

    Votes: 1 2.9%

  • Go with a BRT solution

    Votes: 2 5.7%
  • Total voters
    35
Urban_Views said:
With elevated we can flex the plus 15 system that already exists
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It should be easy enough to engineer connections from the +15 to the stations, the tough part will be the building owners. Even if the city agrees to pay they may not want to, but I like the idea.
 
badc0ffee said:
Doesn't Austin have one of the worst light rail systems on the continent? Every 30-40 minutes peak, and it only just barely goes into downtown. 1600 passengers a day ride it.
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I think they're commenting on Austin's Project Connect plan, which originally prior to 2021 was an ambitious multi-billion dollar LRT expansion with a significant downtown tunnel. However like the Green Line, construction costs skyrocketed and the downtown tunnel was effectively canceled when they had to scale back the project.

Initial plan:

Current plan:
www.kut.org

Project Connect recommendation revealed: Light-rail would stretch 10 miles at street level

Austin's light-rail system would be entirely at street level and travel in three directions — north, south and east — under a new plan now being recommended by the Austin Transit Partnership.
www.kut.org www.kut.org
 
I never realized the line was elevated at 114th. That makes so much more sense than what I thought was going to be a cut and cover tunnel.
 
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No 4th Street station mentioned, must be contingent on the plan downtown. So it could be elevated. OR they just haven't completed much of the design since it was decided the station would be at or above grade.
 
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I think the multi-use pathway inclusion is interesting. Has anyone heard if we will be able to use automated trains or if there will still be a bunch of level crossings. Automated trains can lead to increased frequency that makes need for heated structure moot.
 
HudsonA08 said:
I think the multi-use pathway inclusion is interesting. Has anyone heard if we will be able to use automated trains or if there will still be a bunch of level crossings. Automated trains can lead to increased frequency that makes need for heated structure moot.
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There will be level crossings. Douglas Glen has 4 level crossings including 2 roads with sidewalks, and two level crossings for accessing the other direction of travel for train users for example.
 
HudsonA08 said:
a bunch of level crossings
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Every station design is the same, even the elevated ones (Ramsay/Inglewood and 26th Ave) and have level crossings between the train directions.

badc0ffee said:
I never liked the canopies. They're completely opaque, cover a tiny part of the platform, and look like they're at an angle that would let almost all of the rain and snow onto the platform.
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They're the design element but you're right, they serve very little function.

The BRT stops are better... Just don't get me started on the lights that could be used to extend the canopy. Why wouldn't they just do an inexpensive steel tin?
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A low floor sky train. Which, sure, does make stations cheaper. If only just slightly. And I guess there's still the option to run it right up centre street.

Either way, seems like what was once underground is now above it. Ogden, 114th, and I assume downtown.
 
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