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Originally Posted by electricron
I would like to point out, even as a streetcar project, the M-1 group eventually places the streetcar tracks in the middle of the street to facilitate reversing the direction of the streetcar. As a happy result, if the city ever wanted to extend the tracks as a light rail line, the tracks are already in the middle of the street.
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This. It really wouldn't be difficult to expand the line north with a median-running alignment. If that becomes a reality, it also wouldn't be difficult to put up a barrier and fully separate the M1 right-of-way from traffic. You'd lose a lane of on-street parking, but that could be converted into a dedicated bike lane. The parallel streets are perfectly capable of absorbing excess traffic. John R and Cass are never terribly busy, even at rush hour, and when 2nd and 3rd are finally adapted for two-way traffic that will further lessen the burden of congestion caused by reducing Woodward to four lanes with a center turn lane.