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Originally Posted by corporatejay
That train was built with olympic money, was it not?
I think the city has bigger infrastructure needs than a train to the airport. Daily commuter legs are far more important IMO.
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It was part of the overall Canada Line project, which had a fair amount of federal funding (associated with the Olympics). The Airport Authority in Vancouver also kicked in a big chunk of money to bring the skytrain there.
We have an airport rail link in our RouteAhead plan. The airport tunnel allows us to connect to the NE line. It may also connect west to the North Central line to create a cross-town route with the Airport connection anchoring the line in the middle.
As you state, as nice as an airport line is however, its ridership potential is minuscule compared to higher priority rapid transit lines like the Green Line, SW Transitway, 17th Ave SE Transitway and so forth (all of which now have at least first phase funding in place as of last Friday!!).