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Originally Posted by bvpcvm
And as much as a tunnel to OHSU would be cool, if they can somehow connect to OHSU in a way that's convenient for passengers, and not just financially convenient, then maybe the side effects in the Corbett neighborhood are worth it. As things stand, from a pedestrian standpoint, that area is disagreeable as fuck. I mean, there are like 3-4 areas that could potentially have great walkscores, but they're all cut off from each other by highways, connected only by the occasional lonely overpass or a dash between cars, frogger-style. But if this project's money can partially be spent to turn Naito back into an actual street and eliminate all the loops around the Ross Island bridgehead, we can work on reconnecting that neighborhood.
Someone here ran some numbers around connecting to OHSU Mid-levels style, with one or more escalators. Don't remember what the outcome was, even in HKG that seems like a weird solution. What about adding an intermediate station to the tram?
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I'm going to repost my concept from last year on what a Barbur ground level MAX line could look like. I spent about 30 minutes on this, so... its really rough.
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Just for the hell of it...
The dimension for an escalator system from a MAX transit stop at SW Gibbs and Barbur (southbound, so west side of street) is exactly 721' horizontal distance by 115' vertical elevation, which puts you at the corner of SW Campus Dr. and Terwilliger. This puts you at the bottom of OHSU, but at least it isn't a 250' tall structure. Each escalator run is ~150' in length, which seems a bit longish for an escalator. Here is a quick mockup of what a structure like this could look like. This assumes small 30' x 30' escalator 'stations' that allow the structure to zig zag up the hill, although the route I chose is mostly a straight, gentle slope. The lower station is right in front of the Jewish synagogue.