Downtown Trolley Route Change to be Studied

I'll admit, I don't know much about transportation planning, but generally, I'm all for anything that gets people to increase their use of mass transit. A downtown group wants a seperate "centre city loop" for the trolley to be studied.

Because of technical and logistical concerns (trolley cars obstruct intersections, added cost of loop) the Metropolitan Transit System and the group, the Downtown San Diego Partnership are having a hard time coming to a compromise on the issue.

To be perfectly honest, since I live in the north county inland portion of San Diego, I'd just as soon that MTS spend its resources on extending mass transit service to better serve the outlying suburbs of San Diego, rather than focus on increasing service in downtown. Studies should focus on ridership and use of trolley lines because it's hard for me to imagine that Downtownians are clamoring for their own trolley loop. Those of us out in the farther reaches of the county, on the other hand, would love to be able to take transit into the urban core. But that's what studies are for, right?