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Post by gibiscus on Jan 7, 2012 22:14:46 GMT -8
This line could be co-operated by MTA & OCTA and would go from Downtown Long Beach to Downtown Santa Ana. It would use the Blue Line Loop in Downtown Long Beach, a 6th/7th couplet until Alamitos (west on 7th, east on 6th), then 7th St east past PCH and CSULB then on the 22/405 through Seal Beach. When the 405 and 22 split, it could either continue on the 22 to Garden Grove Blvd or the 405 to Westminster Ave or Bolsa Ave. Garden Grove Blvd would be the straightest route, Westminster Ave has the most frequent bus service so probably has the highest ridership and Bolsa Ave has the most Vietnamese businesses. From Garden Grove or Westminster, it would use the diagonal MTA-owned Santa Ana ROW leading into Santa Ana Blvd, or from Bolsa it would use Bristol to Santa Ana, then it would stop by Santa Ana's Civic Center and Downtown, ending at the Metrolink/Amtrak/Greyhound station. What do you think of this idea?
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Post by bzcat on Jan 11, 2012 11:17:25 GMT -8
I think I would rather the Santa Ana ROW be used for train connecting to Green line (and eventually one day to Downtown LA).
But the line you described could be build one day... it will be way down the list of priority as South Bay to OC commute trips are far less significant than other directions (e.g. South Bay to West LA or North OC to South OC).
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Post by matthewb on Feb 27, 2012 14:59:37 GMT -8
What about an extension of the future South Bay Green line. It could follow the current extension plans to the 110, and then cut across to the Willow Blue line station. From there it would continue east on Willow with a bus or people mover connection to the Long Beach airport and frequent bus service to CSULB. It could then continue along Katella with destinations such as Los Alamitos race course, the future West Santa Ana Branch Line at Stanton, Disneyland/Anaheim Convention Center, and terminate at ARTIC. I realize that this is way down on the list of priorities, but this is the dream section, and it would - connect South Bay/LAX to Long Beach
- give better connectivity within Long Beach including the airport and CSULB
- connect Long Beach to Anaheim (break through the Orange curtain)
- hit some major destinations in OC
- provide additional connectivity with the planned West Santa Ana Branch Line (if that one can break the Orange curtain, too)
- reinforce Anaheim's attempts to build a walkable downtown around ARTIC and provide connections to existing and future inter-city rail at that station
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Post by jdrcrasher on Feb 27, 2012 18:58:45 GMT -8
I would focus on having the Santa Ana Corridor break through the "curtain" and reach the Santa Ana Metrolink first.
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Post by regen on Mar 2, 2012 19:31:38 GMT -8
What about an extension of the future South Bay Green line. It could follow the current extension plans to the 110, and then cut across to the Willow Blue line station. From there it would continue east on Willow with a bus or people mover connection to the Long Beach airport and frequent bus service to CSULB. It could then continue along Katella with destinations such as Los Alamitos race course, the future West Santa Ana Branch Line at Stanton, Disneyland/Anaheim Convention Center, and terminate at ARTIC. I realize that this is way down on the list of priorities, but this is the dream section, and it would - connect South Bay/LAX to Long Beach
- give better connectivity within Long Beach including the airport and CSULB
- connect Long Beach to Anaheim (break through the Orange curtain)
- hit some major destinations in OC
- provide additional connectivity with the planned West Santa Ana Branch Line (if that one can break the Orange curtain, too)
- reinforce Anaheim's attempts to build a walkable downtown around ARTIC and provide connections to existing and future inter-city rail at that station
I agree on the need for an east-west corridor. The dense, transit-riding neighborhoods of Long Beach are further south, so 7th Street might be a more effective alignment for maximizing ridership. CSULB (the largest Cal State) probably would be a much bigger ridership generator than the airport.
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