How A Metro Green Line might Look   February 24th, 2011

Click above to see how METRO on Thomas Road would complement the existing line (shown as the Red Line, for the bus it replaced).

These are example stations only, but are representative of the areas the train would serve.

For complete detail, see John Gale’s article, “METRO should be on Thomas, not I-10″.

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METRO should be on Thomas, not I-10   February 24th, 2011

The issues here are:

  1. Light Rail along I-10 is a bad idea.
  2. Light Rail should, whenever possible, follow arterial streets.
  3. In lieu of I-10 and in light of #2 we propose Thomas Road.
  4. Light Rail could follow Thomas Road all the way, or an alternative route to Glendale, or both.
  5. Getting across I-17 and Grand/BNSF are challenging, and will probably be quite expensive, but must be addressed sooner or later.

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