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Originally Posted by Kybosh
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Also, whoever decided back in the day to build the train line on street level versus underground downtown should be shamed. It completely defeats the purpose of mass rapid transit to stop at traffic lights for cars and vice versa. Super shortsightedness.
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That "super shortsightedness" allowed Calgary Transit to expand its network and have one of the best ridership/cost ratios in North America in a "business" where every seat is subsidized.
The CTrain would have been McMahan to Stampede and downtown to the zoo had it been placed underground from the start.
Look to Edmonton's terrible LRT for the contrast. Similar funding and their LRT went from UofA to Commonwealth and thats it.
The possible although highly unlikely benefit of putting it underground from the start is that Calgary might not have grown much past Anderson Road (pipe dream but possible). It may have grown to encompass Chestermere instead of getting closer to Okotoks.