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Originally Posted by loftlovr
Metro may move up timetable by 4 years
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Historically, such studies tend to reinforce the prevailing wisdom and conclude that connecting to light rail with a different form of transit creates an undesirable transfer.
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That's good news. I hope they do accelerate it. I think I-10 on the west side is probably the most chronically congested freeway in the Valley (along with I-17 north of the 101). The benefit-cost ratio for this segment was among the highest of any transit corridor in MAG's High Capacity Transit Study that was done a few years ago. The last sentence in the article kind of surprised me... I guess I can understand it, though, especially with the grid system we have - if you want to get to Central Phx from the west side using transit, it's probably easier to just take one bus to Central Ave. I would think there would be a much greater need for park & ride lots along an I-10 LRT route than along the 20-mile starter segment they're building now. Anyway, good news - maybe we'll get a T-Rex of our own!