Proposal For Trees Avenue Subway Met With Criticism

Metropolis, BR. April 30th 2013.

Current Terminal For El Routes 22 & 26 in Blue Beach.

Metropolis Transit has express the need to build a subway tunnel under Trees Avenue to bring the 22 & 26 "Elevated" Railway lines in Downtown Metropolis. Currently, both train lines end at the makeshift Blue Beach Terminal. Built in 1983 and renovated in 2009, the terminal sit on what use to be the westbound lanes of Waves Avenue. The traffic current only goes east and north up what it now called Lover's Circle. Residents from Boga Island & visitors of Lover's Lookout current have to transfer to either a 65 el train or a 36 bus if they want to go into the city. The proposed tunnel to Metropolis Central would eliminate the need to transfer and walk up stairs and gives passengers a one-seat ride into Downtown.

67 Trolley Service maybe disrupted if tunnels are built.

Midtown Realtors and residents are voicing their concerns about potential tunnel building being a problem. If anybody remembers the Broadway Trolley Subway, many businesses closed due to lack to access to stores from Cut & Cover construction.  There is worry that property value would also shoot down during the construction.  The tunnel would have a station at Sandbar Street, an area of high density buildings. This would bring construction to the delay prone Central Station where the terminal of tunnel will be until a terminal outside of Isle Glass Tower will be built for the 22 & 26.
This battle might delay construction that is set to being later this year.  

MPO Shuttle Lines Not Happy With The 67A Proposal.

Airport Ridge, BR. April 28th 2014.

Buses chosen for the 67A Shuttle Bus Line.

A proposal to run a free connection shuttle bus from the 67 trolley's end point on 49th Street to the Airport Terminals came to screeching halt today. Metropolis International Airport Shuttle Lines or MPO Shuttle for short has threaten to sue Metropolis Transit if the service begins to run. The lawsuit threat was not to be taken lightly, the 67A's route basically overlaps MPO Shuttle's L2 Line which also connects to the 67 at 49th Street but requires a paid transfer. The 67A bus is suppose to run along the path of the 67 Trolley extension into Metropolis International Airport stopping at the entrance of each under construction station. The MPO Shuttle makes stop only within the airport skipping 3 new light rail station sites meaning there is an area of now bus or trolley service at all. Metropolis Transit is trying to fix this gap while serving the Airport at the same time.

Metropolis Transit has stated it will continue all efforts to instate the 67A Connection Bus no matter at what costs and that MPO is "delaying in enviable" with the 67 trolley extension going live sometime within 2016. Currently 7 other Metropolis Transit bus lines that serves the Airport, the only reason why this one is a problem is because of the service area being shared with MPO Shuttle. MPO is currently under fire with the state due to failure to pay taxes. The company is current is debt and is surviving off the L1, L2 & P3 Line. All others have been discontinued due to low ridership.