Thank you for explaining the Morrison Creek station. I live south of this area and was looking at light rail options to get to Sac City college and midtown and this station made no sense at the time.
You can actually trace the future Green Line ROW on aerial, starting where Truxel Road crosses the canal just north of I-80. Look at the wide strip on the west side of the road that goes all the way to New Market Drive. Then it goes in the median of New Market Drive to East Commerce Way where it runs along the north/east side to just short of Marina Dunes Way, where it breaks off to the west in an empty ROW corridor to SR-99. You can actually see the embankments already made on each side of SR-99. It follows what Google calls "Shr Vista Wy" then Meister Way and finally into the airport. So what's the hold up? Aside from general cost and politics, really it is the crossing of the American River, which you many notice actually has fairly few crossings. I'm convinced that they could quickly and easily build the extension given the reserved ROW if not for the river crossing.
I know its a different county but that light rail MUST be a priority to make it up to Roseville. Having a lightrail if not a commuter rail service between the two biggest cities in that region would better serve people who live in one and work in another, don't want to deal with the traffic of I-80, or are left with no other options from Sacramento Rail station to the foothills.
there is no way that Placer county especially Roseville will want a station. It will just bring the wrong types of people into a nice upscale community. Plus SacRT does not have the funding for such a project. Now with Elon Musk and DOGE there definitely will be no funding at all if ever.
Let's be nice and say that there's lots of potential for TOD in Sactown. Like San Jose, they've built the system on the cheap by leveraging fast existing rights of way. But also like San Jose, until all the planned TOD is actually built the system is effectively "orphaned" and waiting for its riders to move in next to the stations.
Thank you for explaining the Morrison Creek station. I live south of this area and was looking at light rail options to get to Sac City college and midtown and this station made no sense at the time.
3:49 The BUSH administration bro
You can actually trace the future Green Line ROW on aerial, starting where Truxel Road crosses the canal just north of I-80. Look at the wide strip on the west side of the road that goes all the way to New Market Drive. Then it goes in the median of New Market Drive to East Commerce Way where it runs along the north/east side to just short of Marina Dunes Way, where it breaks off to the west in an empty ROW corridor to SR-99. You can actually see the embankments already made on each side of SR-99. It follows what Google calls "Shr Vista Wy" then Meister Way and finally into the airport.
So what's the hold up? Aside from general cost and politics, really it is the crossing of the American River, which you many notice actually has fairly few crossings. I'm convinced that they could quickly and easily build the extension given the reserved ROW if not for the river crossing.
Yeah that river crossing is gonna be an overwhelming majority of the work
hold on i thought the gold line was bad tod
amazing video though! I hope to see more sac content
I know its a different county but that light rail MUST be a priority to make it up to Roseville. Having a lightrail if not a commuter rail service between the two biggest cities in that region would better serve people who live in one and work in another, don't want to deal with the traffic of I-80, or are left with no other options from Sacramento Rail station to the foothills.
there is no way that Placer county especially Roseville will want a station. It will just bring the wrong types of people into a nice upscale community. Plus SacRT does not have the funding for such a project. Now with Elon Musk and DOGE there definitely will be no funding at all if ever.
Let's be nice and say that there's lots of potential for TOD in Sactown. Like San Jose, they've built the system on the cheap by leveraging fast existing rights of way. But also like San Jose, until all the planned TOD is actually built the system is effectively "orphaned" and waiting for its riders to move in next to the stations.
TOD God meets the anti-TOD
did you do folsom in the first video?
yes
Yep!
If there's any dislikes in this video, they're most likely Kings fans 😂😂😂
Negative TOD is crazy
Quite literally is
California policies make it too hard to develop infill areas
I agree. Let’s make it easier
go warriors!
Yep!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽