07-09-2017, 06:50 AM
(07-09-2017, 01:26 AM)Elmira Guy Wrote:(07-08-2017, 11:29 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: "Well, they can't decide which street they want it to be on, so we're not gonna bother building it. They can slum it on the bus." Really?
I don't think anyone here was suggesting that. At least I hope not.
I do think though that building the LRT on some impractical route that is not going to benefit the maximise number of Cambridge citizens and thus ridership just for the sake of building it so no one feels left out is rather silly.
I think any sensible person wants to see Cambridge with LRT. I want to see the urban areas of the region as accessible to LRT as is possible, and to not include Cambridge makes no sense.
But Cambridge city council has a role to play here too in coming up with the best route that will make LRT beneficial to as many people as possible. Surely that is one of the chief goals of LRT is it not?
Well said! Cambridge isn’t Scarborough, and Ken Seiling and our council are way more sensible than John Tory and Toronto council. We should build it, but Cambridge has to be reasonable in working through the alternative routes. If they won’t accept or suggest a feasible route, then we should hold off building it until they do so. Or just build it as far as Sportsworld because that part seems to be mostly independent of what happens further south.