01-27-2015, 07:55 PM
(01-27-2015, 10:41 AM)Spokes Wrote:(01-27-2015, 08:24 AM)Canard Wrote: I still say Corination is a better choice for Cambridge than Hespeler/24.
I'd love to see a line running down Victoria from the boardwalk to the Airport.
Hespeler Rd makes sense from a development/commercial standpoint.
Also from a Nimby standpoint - there are enough complaints about the freight trains from Toyota as it is. Plus it would be difficult to operate down King Street without removing on-street parking (the rail corridor sadly isn't a likely option). Hespeler Road, by comparison, has fewer residents and plenty of land to operate on without affecting existing developments or traffic flow too much. And, as mentioned, there's plenty of redevelopment potential; you'd be hard pressed to find a building along Hespeler Road that people will get sentimental about.
The real weakness to the Hespeler Road plan is operating on Eagle Street; it's narrower than King Street, so expropriation is a given. Even after looking at the diagrams for the Cambridge segments, I still think the hill on Eagle Street past the Preston stop is going to be a challenge. Can't see them changing their minds and choosing an off-street route for that segment, though.