Eastern Extension

[Dan Wentzel]

I understand there is ROW east of North Hollywood towards Burbank.

Is it possible to extend the Orange Line eastward to Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena to hook up with the Gold Line?

[jejozwik]

orange line to burbank could be possible. but it would require the city of burbank to rip up its shinny new bike path they just put in alongn chandler.

getting out of burbank would be quite a challenge, so i would assume the line could only go that far. without some major changes to the roads getting to pasadena

[whitmanlam]

I think just extending the Orange line to Burbank media center is a huge feat. The roads do get very narrow across the 5 fwy. , so maybe a dedicated bus lane would be out of the question.

[Mac]

Car traffic is also high Burbank, and ripping out a brand new bike path probably would not be supported.

[wad]

Something else that could be done is to route the bus on to the 170 and 134 freeways, and build bus pads near the studios.

[norm]

First off - I'm pretty sure that the bike path was built by and is on land owned by the MTA, so tearing it up is not a problem. The bigger problem would undoubtedly be the residents who live in the area not wanting the busway through their neighborhood. As someone who lives on the Orange line, I would much rather it was extended East to Vineland and then ran on the street with limited stops (perhaps Victory/Vineland - NoHo Target) up to the Bob Hope Burbank Airport Metrolink Station. From there I would continue to Burbank, and perhaps even further north, such as Sylmar and San Fernando.

[bluelineshawn]

norm said:

First off - I'm pretty sure that the bike path was built by and is on land owned by the MTA, so tearing it up is not a problem. The bigger problem would undoubtedly be the residents who live in the area not wanting the busway through their neighborhood. As someone who lives on the Orange line, I would much rather it was extended East to Vineland and then ran on the street with limited stops (perhaps Victory/Vineland - NoHo Target) up to the Bob Hope Burbank Airport Metrolink Station. From there I would continue to Burbank, and perhaps even further north, such as Sylmar and San Fernando.

The MTA allowed the bike path because they had no plans for that ROW. I think that there might be a problem if they wanted to try and reclaim it.

MTA ROW guidelines

[Mac]

bluelineshawn said:

norm said:

First off - I'm pretty sure that the bike path was built by and is on land owned by the MTA, so tearing it up is not a problem. The bigger problem would undoubtedly be the residents who live in the area not wanting the busway through their neighborhood. As someone who lives on the Orange line, I would much rather it was extended East to Vineland and then ran on the street with limited stops (perhaps Victory/Vineland - NoHo Target) up to the Bob Hope Burbank Airport Metrolink Station. From there I would continue to Burbank, and perhaps even further north, such as Sylmar and San Fernando.

The MTA allowed the bike path because they had no plans for that ROW. I think that there might be a problem if they wanted to try and reclaim it.

MTA ROW guidelines

Why in the world would they not have plans for it??? It can connect directly to Burbank yet they don't use it. Kind of like how the Green line doesn't connect to LAX directly.

[wad]

mac said:

Why in the world would they not have plans for it??? It can connect directly to Burbank yet they don't use it. Kind of like how the Green line doesn't connect to LAX directly.

In that case, Metro wrote off that section of the right of way because whatever was going to be done was going to happen North Hollywood to points west.

In the case of the Green Line, IT'S NOT METRO'S FAULT THAT IT DOESN'T GO TO THE AIRPORT. First off, the primary purpose of the Green Line was to get the Century Freeway built. That's what you get for planning by consent decree. Second, LAX itself put up obstacles to and resisted an extension.

[Mac]

I never said that it was Metro's fault for not having the Green Line get to LAX. But my point is that rail lines shouldn't just bypass major destinations/high density areas.