I honestly wonder sometimes if people that suggest public transit to replace highway 7 have used public transit in a meaningful way.
The vast majority of people taking that road would have no complete door-to-door public transit options or would require 3-4 connections making the trip take a significant amount of time. We're nowhere near the transit infrastructure we need to avoid a highway here. Nor do we have anything close to the demand to support it.
That's not to say we shouldn't work on it - but its not a meaningful option for the short/medium term here.
The vast majority of people taking that road would have no complete door-to-door public transit options or would require 3-4 connections making the trip take a significant amount of time. We're nowhere near the transit infrastructure we need to avoid a highway here. Nor do we have anything close to the demand to support it.
That's not to say we shouldn't work on it - but its not a meaningful option for the short/medium term here.