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Old 07-31-2024, 03:08 PM   #4088
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Originally Posted by accord1999 View Post
They didn't want to do an intermediate BRT step because:

a) They claimed BRT capacity would be insufficient to meet the medium term needs of the Centre Street N transit corridor. Which is pretty funny now that the NC LRT has been more or less officially canceled and that corridor is only getting minor BRT improvements.

b) They only needed $4.6B to build most, maybe even all of the 40 km Green Line so no need to waste money on a busway when you can have rail.
A lot of big decisions have been based on faulty premises. But few if any of those decisions seem to have been reconsidered once those faults became apparent.
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