Title: CREATING A LIGHT RAIL TRANSITWAY WITHIN EXISTING ARTERIAL STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY
Abstract: The downtown Los Angeles portion of the recently opened Metro Blue Line runs south, through a short subway, then continues at grade in reserved trackways on Flower Street and Washington Boulevard to the Mid-Corridor private right-of-way and eventually to Long Beach. The light rail trackways on Flower Street and Washington Boulevard were created as part of the Blue Line project; prior to Blue Line construction, sidewalks and traffic lanes occupied the entire public right-of-way. Building the Blue Line required a series of planning and engineering decisions about how best to mix light rail, automobile, and pedestrian traffic on the streets and how to relocate utilities.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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