Closed benlk closed 9 months ago
Summary of polling on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benlkeith/status/1642206779076427781
Take the 670 to rail under GCCC route.
okay but what if it was just an airport-area peoplemover and it connected to a 670 center-running route, like LAX does?
That feels like a separate project.
Based on the LAX design: https://www.lawa.org/en/connectinglax/automated-people-mover
Why APM?
Route
Loop around the main loop of the terminal in the same direction as cars do:
Extensions
The goal is to have a useful alignment that serves real needs.
Options for getting into Downtown:
670 to rail under GCCC
- 5th Avenue and Nelson - Sunbury Road - Leonard Avenue - Joyce Avenue - St. Clair Avenue - Cleveland Avenue - ~4th/Summit~ these overpasses are not good places to drop pedestrians or have a bus stop - High - Nationwide Arena (running along Convention Center Drive, on north side of existing rail tracks, with pedestrian bridges) - Kemba Live! and Huntington Park - Lower.com Field (bit of a walk, but new pedestrian bridges will be popular with railfans) - High Bank Distillery and Columbus Water/Sewer/Power - Grandview Avenue - from here idk. Could follow rail ROW north to Marble Cliff, 5th.670 to the High Street freeway cap
extend the cap to create a station, with stops at: - 5th Avenue and Nelson - Sunbury Road - Leonard Avenue - Joyce Avenue - St. Clair Avenue - Cleveland Avenue - 4th/Summit - HighOhio Dominican, Leonard Avenue, Old Leonard Avenue, Fort Hayes
either 670 to High or railroad ROW to Convention Center. Stops at: - Brentnell Avenue - 5th & Leonard - Joyce Avenue at 670/tracks - Leonard Avenue and St. Clair Avenue - Cleveland Avenue inside Fort Hayes, probably from an overhead station running on a bridge from previous station to Convention Center - 4th/3rd south of 670 - Convention Center via a Goodale Street bridge - West on Goodale5th Avenue, running overhead or as a cut-and-cover subway
- Ohio Dominican - west on 5th, stop at 5th and Nelson - 5th and Brentnell - 5th and Taylor - 5th and Joyce - 5th and St. Clair - 5th and Cleveland - 5th and 4th/Summit - 5th and High Street - 5th and Neil - Battelle - Market District Supermarket area at 5th and Aschinger/Edgehill - 5th and Northwest Blvd - 5th and Fairview or North Star Avenue, access to school and park - 5th and Cumbridge or Arlington Avenue - 5th and Riverside Drive/33 - 5th dead-ends at McKinley AvenueKey constituencies:
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Fares: Faregate system to board at non-airport stations, with:
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