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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
I've recently come back from Paris and Barcelona and I did wonder how these cities managed to build the extensive underground network through cities that have been around forever.
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That's the key word right there. Not sure of the exact dates, but many North American subways were built in the late 19th and the first 1/2 of the 20th century. Back when if you could shave $10 million off a project but would have 8 more deaths; well that was the cost of doing business.
Not saying that if I had a starving family in the 30's that I would have turned down dnagerous work either.
Back to Calgary, I agree with what was said earlier, make the NIMBYs drive down 36th during rush hour, or a Saturday even, and see how well that plan works. The bottom line is level crossings are bad, so you either elevate or bury the train, or you do what they did for Crowchild and elevate/bury the roadways.
Of course north of Brentwood the median was built specifically for the LRT, so that really helps there.