How much would this cost as a modern streetcar.
Close to $150M per mile, so $1.7B for the lines shown here. Green Line was going to be over $220M per mile by the time it was ready to go, $2.4B. Just a guesstimate.
The blue alignment is significantly better IMO. Going along Florrisant is way better than N Jefferson, will make Old North transit accessible. My only real gripe (other than it being BRT) is that I'd prefer it to go through Downtown West more than along Tucker, take like 18th St through and then MLK over to Tucker. Still happy it isn't going further east though.
The blue as LRT would be a dream but would obviously be "too expensive" even though it would be well worth.
This comes out to more than $38 million/mile, which is more than 3x the cost of IndyGo's Purple Line. So I have to wonder where in the world that money is going? Are they going to straight up build a light rail alignment with no rails or wires? I know inflation is a factor but not 300%.
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The blue as LRT would be a dream but would obviously be "too expensive" even though it would be well worth.
This comes out to more than $38 million/mile, which is more than 3x the cost of IndyGo's Purple Line. So I have to wonder where in the world that money is going? Are they going to straight up build a light rail alignment with no rails or wires? I know inflation is a factor but not 300%.
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