Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
Airport Trail tunnel was built with room for LRT.
We don't have enough LRVs for 4 car trains for most trains. Need another $400 million or so in LRVs to be able to do that.
|
Good info thanks.
That's good that airport tunnel can handle a future line expansion. Hopefully extending to the airport is being planned for the future. Probably taxi lobby groups have been success in stopping it because the Saddletowne station is so close. I think to keep being a leading city that ranks consistently in the top 10 liveable cities in the world tying the airport to downtown would be huge. Vancouver and Chicago have that while cities like NYC and LA don't.
$400M to add more cars seems like a cheap investment compared to the $6B+ we're seeing on a green line that keeps changing to less stops and less riders with an ever balloning budget compared to what was initially approved. I see so many 3 car trains completely packed during rush hour or sporting events that I think it turns people away. They spent tons of money expanding old Olympic era stations to handle 4 cars so best to spend a bit more to complete this. Make what we currently have the most effective it can be seems logical while also adding new lines or expanding current lines.