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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(04-30-2016, 09:32 PM)timc Wrote: If you want to get from one side of Uptown to the other, and Willis and Erb/Caroline are closed, you pretty much need to use William or Union, right?

I'm not sure - I guess I hadn't thought about that particular scenario. In looking at Google Maps, I see that yes, it would make things difficult. So I would say that the email sent out a few days ago that stated that they would not start construction at Erb/Caroline until Union/King was reopened is probably valid (and a good idea).

(04-30-2016, 09:34 PM)timc Wrote: I was going to say that there isn't anything *really* wrong with a full BRT system. But talking about building BRT and transitioning to LRT in the future doesn't make any sense to me. You're going to end up paying so much more if you go that route.

...as Ottawa is discovering now. Although they got a good 30-years or whatever out of their BRT, building ridership first, I suppose.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Canard - 04-30-2016, 09:59 PM
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