Streetcars in/around downtown

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With proposed commuter rail routes: 'red' line southbound to Jenks/Bixby and northbound to the airport/Owasso and 'blue' line southbound to Broken Arrow.  Main station for commuter rail/Amtrak at Boulder with another commuter rail station at Elgin to connect to streetcar routes. 


In this scenario would it be wise to move the bus depot to create an intermodal transit center?  The current bus depot would be 2-3 blocks from either a commuter rail station or streetcar stop on Boulder, about the same distance to the arena.  If streetcars didn't run right next to the arena/convention center there would have to be plenty of development along 3rd between them and Boulder...

I've been thinking about this plan recently and while it would be more difficult (and expensive) it would be better for connecting the commuter lines inside the CBD.  So instead of the red and blue lines using the existing freight rails between 1st and Archer they could instead run down the streets like they do in Dallas, Charlotte, Denver, Portland, etc.  In this scenario the tracks leave the existing rail corridor after they cross the river traveling east on 3rd before splitting at Frisco for the eastbound trains to keep running down 3rd while th westbound trains run down 4th before joining back up with the existing rail corridor just east of 75.  That way you have commuter trains and streetcars running through the heart of downtown and the existing bus depot on Denver  would be served by both the eastbound and westbound lines.