MTA Backs Subway, Light Rail for Valley : Transit Alternatives
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released a new study detailing the costs of 10 alternatives for transporting commuters across the Valley at the start of the next millennium. The MTA board must make a final choice of route and technology by December. Cost-effectiveness figures in the latest report make a 17-mile subway across the Valley unlikely. Among the toughest choices left: the type of subway, and the route, for a line from North Hollywood to the San Diego Freeway. The Burbank-Chandler route is the most thoroughly studied, but the Oxnard route is considered slightly less costly and is still in contention.
THE METHODS
And what they would cost to build in millions.
Deep Bore
COST: $809-826
Cut and Cover
COST: $734
Open Air
COST: $673
Aerial Guideway
COST: $513
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