. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . ic railway passen-gers are served without a transfer from this point than from the Arcade. The advantage of locating the station close to a rapid transit route isaiijjarent when we consider the running time from the proposed subwaystation between Arcadia and Republic Street to various points along MainStreets. The time from this station to Second Street would be 1J4 min-utes and from tliis station to Sixth Street, .Zj minutes (based upon a sched-ule speed of 20 miles per hour). These figures sh
. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . ic railway passen-gers are served without a transfer from this point than from the Arcade. The advantage of locating the station close to a rapid transit route isaiijjarent when we consider the running time from the proposed subwaystation between Arcadia and Republic Street to various points along MainStreets. The time from this station to Second Street would be 1J4 min-utes and from tliis station to Sixth Street, .Zj minutes (based upon a sched-ule speed of 20 miles per hour). These figures show the convenience ofthis location with reference to the business, hotel and shopping districts!,see Fig. 102 on page 287). Until such time as a subway is built, the Pacific Electric trains can useSan Iedro .Street; the cars now using Los Angeles Street can turn at FirstStreet to Main Street. This will leave Los Angeles Street entirely free forvehicles. The Pacific Electric rights in Los Angeles Street extend for aboutnine years, but possibly this route can be vacated sooner by agreement. ^^^S?*. e .y//L
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