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By: Urbanut

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Solomon-
I agree that an extension of the trolley to Overton Square makes a lot of sense (especially in light of the city’s construction of a public parking facility at the Square). At least a single track extension that utilized the turn lane on Madison coupled with service frequencies of 15 min. would do a great deal to link downtown and Midtown. Then again, what good does it do to extend the trolley line if trolleys are spaced at 25-30 min intervals and/or do not adhere to any sort of schedule?

While I cannot speak on behalf of MATA, I think we can make some assumptions based on certain public comments that have been made recently:
We should not expect a extension of the trolley in the near future based in part on the public relations disaster that accompanied the original Madison Ave. extension and the budgetary constraints MATA is facing. In fact, it is highly unlikely that MATA will actively pursue Light Rail in the near or mid-term which is also related to the factors mentioned above. At this point it seems that our best hope for “rapid transit” rests with MATA’s development of Bus Rapid Transit service (which- just for general info- as it has been proposed thus far by MATA, does not actually represent BRT but is much closer to the definition of express or simply limited stop service).

Progress at this point might simply be getting MATA to expand rush hour service and up its frequencies during these periods to frequencies of 15 min. or less.


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