06-16-2015, 11:41 AM
(06-16-2015, 11:36 AM)Section ThirtyOne Wrote: You have to think of the future though. With the way traffic is increasing across the region, the car may not always be more practical. This same argument was made when the Expressway was proposed many years ago. Could you imagine the gridlock if that highway didn't exist?
I completely agree - driving our fossil fuel powered vehicles everywhere on a whim is not sustainable - but my point is that the current single LRT line through the core doesn't actually solve this issue for the broader city. With that said, I think it's absolutely the right first step - but I'm a strong advocate of expanding the system so that it becomes practical (in terms of transit time) for just about anyone in the city to ditch a car and get around via transit. To me, the definition of practical in terms of transit time is simple: If it can get you anywhere in the city within ~30 minutes the masses will start to use it in a major way.