Alan Fishel on February 28, 2011, at 02:16PM – #1

This is great news. Now it needs to be done right. LA is not Portland and our streetcar does not need t be a copy of theirs. They have shorter blocks and more equal retail, restaurants and street traffic than we do. Our street car needs to be on Broadway in both directions, it needs to serve the new South Park, Convention Center, Staples Center directly on the South and the Music Center, Disney Hall and the new Grand Ave development on the North without any long walks of over a few hundred feet or so. There should be as few turns as possible as a starter. Couplets (or a single track on two different streets) are OK as long as Broadway has two tracks and is bi-direction. Also where will the cars be stored when not in use along with a service area for the cars?

Let’s get this going so that Broadway and our cities attractions can all be connected and we can easily get around downtown without having to drive and park more than once.