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Originally Posted by Those Who Squirm
You would only have been making for the island platform nearest you, thus only having to cross one slow-moving lane of traffic. These outside lanes in either direction were probably intended just for very local traffic, rather than anyone intending to drive several miles or, for that matter, several blocks. Much of Santa Monica Boulevard between Westwood and Beverly Hills has recently been reconfigured in a very similar way, and it works quite well.
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I would point out there was not sufficient space between the sets of rails to placed platform. When two cars passed one another there probably wasn't more than two to three feet separating them.