Oh I'm all for rapid transit. I just think it's silly to ask someone to give up their house so a walking trail doesn't have a kink in it. It's detrimental to the efficiency of vehicles traveling 50+ Km/h to weave, but who cares if you have to walk around a bump or a curve or whatever? I go on trails to go for a walk and enjoy the outdoors anyway, so the longer the better.
And to throw it back your way: I wonder how you'd feel about having to give up your backyard to a trail? Your nice quiet backyard fronting onto a river now bisected by a path which sees thousands of people walking through your backyard each day? Who pays for the loss of value of those properties?
And to throw it back your way: I wonder how you'd feel about having to give up your backyard to a trail? Your nice quiet backyard fronting onto a river now bisected by a path which sees thousands of people walking through your backyard each day? Who pays for the loss of value of those properties?