12-10-2016, 12:57 PM
(12-10-2016, 10:54 AM)timc Wrote:(12-09-2016, 05:52 PM)Canard Wrote: I'm still amazed that people are so OK with OCS, but were all poo-poo on Monorail or any other elevated system because of the "visual obtrusion". To me, it's very cluttered... but oh well.
I thought the poo-pooing was on cost. Why would we care about visual obstruction?
I also don't think it's just the cost, but the reason for the cost. A completely separated system like a subway or monorail I believe has a substantially higher carrying capacity then an LRT, which we just don't need here, which means that extra money is simply being spent to buy drivers more road space. It's yet another subsidy for single occupancy vehicle commuting.