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The north segment makes more sense as a precursor to Phase 2, which goes to much denser areas.

I hope it spurs investment. The entire north area looks desolate from the air, except a few blocks at the farthest end of Phase 1. Even that's only SFR density. The federal facility has some jobs but takes an absurd amount of land and won't contribute much.

This is basically a streetcar. I'm skeptical of streetcars because it's too easy to block them, even if they're in dedicated lanes. A bus every 10 minutes with some BRT-lite infrastructure improvements (bulbs, signal priority, fewer stops...) would have most of the benefits and overcome blockages more easily.

But rail has a way of spurring investment. Maybe it'll work that way here.