Glendale Beeline 2007 Restructuring Proposal

(The maps on this page come from a November, 2006 report to the Glendale City Council.)

Glendale proposed a restructuring of its service for implementation in 2007 (which did not come to pass, with the exception of their replacement for Metro Line 201 service in Glenoaks Canyon, Route 13). The proposed changes consisted primarily of breaking and recombining route segments.

	Routes 1 and 2 were proposed to be unlinked, with service on Brand Blvd. through the downtown business district operated as "The Buzz". Service on Brand south of Colorado St. would have been operated by an extension of Route 3. Central Ave. service would have primarily been provided by new Route 10, although The Buzz would also have operated on Central south of Colorado.
	Route 3 was proposed to operate between Glendale Community College, through downtown, and then via Brand Blvd. to Glendale Metrolink Station. Service to North Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge would have been provided by new Route 8.
	Route 4 was proposed to be converted into a two-way loop, extending the existing route via Glendale Ave., San Fernando Rd. and Pacific Ave.
	New Route 8 was proposed to operate the Route 3 segment in the North Glendale-La Crescenta-La Cañada Flintridge area, then operate via Glendale Ave. to Glendale Metrolink Station.
	New Route 9 was proposed to replace the eastern half of Route 7 and Route 5 on Pacific Ave.
	New Route 10 was proposed to replace the western portion of Route 7 and the Central Ave. portion of Routes 1 and 2, connected via Glenoaks Blvd.
	Route 13 is the number assigned to the Glenoaks Canyon Special Service established in December, 2006. It was proposed to operate as a "route deviation" east of Adventist Medical Center and then continue via Verdugo Rd. and replace Route 6 on Colorado St.

Route 13 was extended to downtown Glendale via Chevy Chase Dr. - California Ave. - Glendale Ave. - Broadway (matching the 2005-2006 alignment of Metro Line 201) August 20, 2007. No announcement was ever made regarding the proposed modification for route deviation or realignment in downtown Glendale.



In addition, three unnumbered school service lines were proposed to replace Route 5 and Route 7 service to Hoover High School and Route 6 service to Glendale High School.


No changes are proposed for Metrolink Shuttle Routes 11 and 12.

These proposals were described by Glendale transportation planning staff as "resource neutral", indicating that no expansion of operating hours or frequencies is anticipated as a result. There was no timetable for implementation announced, and the Glendale City Council opted instead to have an outside consultant conduct a restructuring study, which was completed in 2009.

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