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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
A certain population of this city is freaking out at the ~700m price tag for it. If it were ALL underground it would be well north of a billion.
Having said that, underground would be awesome. One just needs to look at the Vancouver Canada line to see how great it is...but that comes at a cost. That line was more than double the cost of this one. I believe it's longer in length however it's still a good measuring stick for the cost.
I'm happy my street (29th) is getting shut down. Should make it a much calmer road which will help alleviate some of the traffic noise. It'll be a painful time but well worth it in the end.
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The Canada Line is awesome.
For us though, we have lots of at-grade stuff because they made the decision to sacrifice grade separation for a larger network. Edmonton took the opposite approach, and compare where the two have ended up.
They are sticking with this strategy for the most part as they've got the lowest capital cost per passenger of any LRT system in North America. It's also the 4th busiest LRT in North America with only one US system beating it out. Pretty impressive stuff.
Yes people complain about it being overcrowded, but that's really just a sign of success. I can't wait for 4 car trains and 3 minute service intervals!