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Originally Posted by habernac
because they were too cheap. Again, piss poor planning and strategy. Some fools would have you believe it's because of "the water table" or some other such nonsense. Total crock.
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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
they put it above ground because it wouldn't be ready in time for the olympics, this was a result of POOR PLANNING!
ok so...
1) more people would take the train if they could get on it! and even if the number of riders would be lower now, we'd be actually planning for(better sit down for this one).... THE FUTURE! should we really go through 10 more years of this crap before doing something?
2) cost? they are spending millions on fancy bridges, ring roads with no competion date in sight, and this east village revival/gentrification/make all the politicians who own property there rich project, i would much rather my tax dollars go to something that makes sense
3) since there are no new access roads into downtown being created by simply creating a subway, the current traffic would only be less congested, the people who decide to now drive because they think its better would be counter balanced by the people who would take a viable form of public transit to work
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Do you see what system Edmonton has? They're just finally moving southwards now out of downtown when their system before only went to Rexal Place from Downtown. And it was built the same time as Calgary LRT was I believe. You guys best be thankful that Calgary went the way it did otherwise we would only have LRT in downtown to maybe to Chinook still probably seeing how slow this city is in funding and consturcution. It's playing major catchup right now.
And if you guys aren't aware, they are in the study phrase of getting a subway into a reality here. So while the LRT system is expanding to the south, SE soon, and then North Central, the Stephen Avenue Subway might be getting built around very soon. Maybe even by then end of West LRT construction.
Some things could be better with the LRT sure. They really need to fix up the NE leg between McKnight and Memorial. Street crossings on a major street is dumb and evil for left turns. But Calgary Tranist has worked for this city and as poor as planning as you may think, it's getting the job done and is very successful compare to a major cities in North America.