12-19-2014, 02:56 AM
(12-19-2014, 12:51 AM)mpd618 Wrote:(12-18-2014, 09:57 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: So they'll study the matter, and if all goes well they'll build light rail to Cambridge whenever they feel like it. Nothing new here.
I don't think that's quite fair. Once the EA is done, the Region will be asking the upper levels for funding. If they are looking for projects to fund, it could happen not that long after Phase 1. It will certainly help if Karl Kiefer and other Cambridge politicians help make the case (to the upper levels of government) for doing Phase 2 sooner rather than later.
I'd be more willing to hold my breath for Cambridge LRT than HSR, especially in the aftermath of a successful Phase 1 launch. It's still off in the future at this point, but like for HSR, the EA has got to happen first.
I also cannot possibly imagine how in any world we could have gotten the full Waterloo to Cambridge LRT in one phase. So holding out for that would just mean that no one would have LRT ever. That doesn't seem like a win to me.
OK, so if you accept that you have to split it into phases, someone's got to get Phase 1 and someone's got to get Phase 2. Who should be first?