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hoobsher t1_j4mdoky wrote

personally i don't understand why the Callowhill cut is just sitting there unused, especially now that the new police headquarters just gutted the area under Broad. imagine the route:

  • Spring Garden BSL
  • Matthias Baldwin
  • Von Colln
  • 27th & Pennsylvania
  • Girard Bridge
  • Strawberry Mansion Bridge
  • City Ave
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gnartato t1_j4n0vzu wrote

Sorry, best we can do is callownhill street expressway and remove half of the crossings.

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Hoyarugby t1_j4n64lk wrote

Could easily do trolleybuses too, doesn't even need to be full rail

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AbsentEmpire t1_j4nppnr wrote

This is really what we should be doing city wide. Implementing bus ways with trolley buses until money becomes available to turn lines into light rail corridors should demand justify it.

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Unfamiliar_Word t1_j4ny2he wrote

Part of the problem is that it's means of access to Center City has been eliminated. It was formerly a Reading Company freight branch that went to the Reading Terminal, but that connection was destroyed by I-676.

I also recall reading that part of it would be or has been taken over for a parking lot. That is perhaps a surmountable obstacle, but a nuisance all the same.

Its proximity to Brewerytown and the Art museum make it an excellent candidate for transit. A dedicated is probably the least difficult alternative, but I can't stop dreaming of using it as a rail alignment of some kind.

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Broadandmarket t1_j4o1khn wrote

But it gets you to broad and callowhill within a 30 second walk to the Vine-Race BSL station. There could be an underground concourse there.

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