You have to remember that the line was originally supposed to run along I-25 to 225, then up the middle of 225 to the 'A'.  Then, RTD allowed the city of Aurora to get involved in the design, and that's when things started going south.  (Or north, in this case.)  The city wanted a parking garage and transit-oriented development at Iliff, requiring a bridge to get to the east side of the highway, then moved the Mississippi park-'n'-ride stop to Florida for the folks at the Medical Center, with no parking and requiring a million-dollar pedestrian bridge, and then had the line jog to the east side of the mall, requiring it to cross several major thoroughfares.  Light rail is not meant to get to everybody's job or front door.  It should be run as directly as possible, and the people use other transportation to get to it.