Comments on: 30/10 TOD Benefits Remain Elusive http://www.adamchristian.us/2010/06/15/3010-tod-benefits-remain-elusive/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:08:44 -0500 hourly 1 By: Wad http://www.adamchristian.us/2010/06/15/3010-tod-benefits-remain-elusive/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Wad Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:42:08 +0000 http://adamchristian.us/?p=210#comment-95 The subway route could preserve everything the way it is right now in 2010 and still would be a success. The corridor has all the development and then some for the ridership it needs. Each Purple Line train would do the work of about 6 Line 720 buses. The biggest benefit is that a subway extension would free up bus hours from Wilshire and parallel east-west streets and reallocate them to north-south services. Also, development of any kind -- transit-oriented or not -- is going to be murky. The collapse of the 2000s real estate bubble has effectively poisoned the well for development for at least a generation. The subway route could preserve everything the way it is right now in 2010 and still would be a success. The corridor has all the development and then some for the ridership it needs.

Each Purple Line train would do the work of about 6 Line 720 buses. The biggest benefit is that a subway extension would free up bus hours from Wilshire and parallel east-west streets and reallocate them to north-south services.

Also, development of any kind — transit-oriented or not — is going to be murky. The collapse of the 2000s real estate bubble has effectively poisoned the well for development for at least a generation.

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