[sakyle04]

fredericksburg rd is the city's busiest bus corridor. this is the obvious reason that light rail would be used there - and would be successful there. in fact, it might be the first case in history when poor people and existing users were set to benefit from a city's push to go to LRT.

moving the line to the existing UP tracks would, in my opinion, erode much of the inherent ridership as the line is a not-insignificant distance from fred rd.

the investment in a starter system with high ridership would bode well for future rail construction and would help VIA to run a system that generates the most revenue per dollar spent (of all possible LRT situations).

in addition to opening up a blighted stretch for significant infill, the route would give the citazens of SA confidence in rail once they saw how successful and efficient it could be.