06-17-2017, 04:13 PM
(06-16-2017, 06:11 PM)GtwoK Wrote: It's too bad that NOW is the time when they're examining this, because King DTK really would have been nice as pedestrian / LRT only, and made far more sense too.
I think the idea of sharing with cars are OK for DT area's. But LRT/Pedestrian only would have been a bad idea.
If I recall correctly, Buffalo did away with DT for cars and went Metro Rail and pedestrian only. I believe, though I could be wrong, that they went back to allowing cars in the DT core because of the poor results. I think they started allowing cars (so sharing with the metro) maybe 5 years ago, but I think they lost a station as a result.
Most of the metro in Buffalo is underground, so it's really a LRT/Subway hybrid.
Interestingly, the city of Buffalo (city proper) is only marginally larger than Kitchener (Kitchener proper), perhaps by around 15,000 people. Though the metro area is much larger.