11-15-2017, 10:13 PM
(11-15-2017, 09:19 PM)Canard Wrote: I'm fine with the mixed-traffic option for Eagle; it's done elsewhere (GCLR comes to mind, for a short section), but when I suggested this a year ago everyone had a meltdown noooooooooooooThe Region has already made huge compromises for Stage 1 - curbside ROW, one-way loop through Downtown and Uptown - and we'll be living with these mistakes for a long time. I hope the Region takes no concessions this time. One major accident on the 401 during rush hour and Eagle Street would be jammed all the way between Preston and Hespeler Road, with LRT service disruptions felt all the way up in Waterloo.
A full BRT on Hespeler Road + bypass shoulders on Hwy 8/401 would be faster than a mixed-traffic LRT through Preston. If we must bring LRT to Cambridge, make no compromised and have dedicated ROW for the entire route.
Because really, are we extending LRT just for the sake of building more "rail", or do we want to actually bring bringing faster, better "transit" to Cambridge?
Quote:CanardBecause it makes zero sense to spend $ billions to build a monorail for a route with only ~3,000 pax/day?
Also love elevated, because I like trains in the air. But I always wonder why people are somehow OK with LRT way up in the air, with the absolutely massive overhead guideway, but hate on monorail endlessly.