The Glendale planning department is taking DTLA’s historic streetcar concept to the next level by exploring ways to build its own streetcar. According to Glendale News-Press, the city is studying possible routes to best connect Glendale’s Metrolink station to Bob Hope/Hollywood Burbank Airport, which is a bustling airport located in Burbank. 

HTNB Corporation, a prominent construction engineering company, was tapped to evaluate the streetcar plan by coordinating a feasibility study. The study, which is set to last between a year and a year and a half, will look at potential street plans, ridership numbers, approximate costs, and possible financial opportunities, Curbed reports. The study itself will cost about $450,000 with funds coming from Glendale’s Community Development Department and the Southern California Association of Governments.

Map courtesy of City of Glendale

City planners have voiced their plans to create a streetcar route that would begin at Glendale’s Transportation Center, which is currently the last stop on the Metro and extends towards Hollywood Burbank Airport. The map of the stops between the stations indicates that the streetcar would run along a nine-and-a-half-mile route on Brand and Glenoaks boulevards, similar to the old Pacific Electric Railway route, which closed in 1938.

Right now, the study is only exploring within the city limits of Glendale. However, if results are successful, the study would most likely expand to review Burbank.