Posted Nov 5, 2023, 5:20 PM
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Of course more infrastructure never hurts - and transit is good to invest in.
My point more so was that it’s generally pretty easy for the median Quebec City resident to get around their city. The LRT would make it even easier, for sure, but it’s not exactly difficult for residents to move as it is.
Halifax is indeed a tough nut to crack as there is a ton of growth in the lower city where it’s very challenging to add new transportation capacity - but the wider metro as a whole is relatively easy to get around, even if not perfect.
Most of Canada has room to improve infrastructure for sure, but my general point was that some parts of the country are at the point where transport infrastructure is actively extremely poor and has significant impacts on the economy and quality of life. Getting around the lower mainland or southern Ontario is generally very challenging for a western nation. Places like Alberta and Quebec City and Halifax could make changes to be better - but generally speaking it’s not overly challenging to get around those places like it is in other parts of the country. It’s not a problem like it is in Vancouver or Toronto where something as simple as going to get groceries, getting across downtown, or a 10km commute to work can take a good chunk of your day.
Toronto is at the point in the downtown where most trips are fastest on a bicycle, and by a significant, significant margin, for example. It’s good to encourage cycling, but there aren’t a lot of places in the developed world where cycling 5+kms is consistently the fastest transport mode by a factor of 2. Things like the Ontario Line will address this - but there will be other issues by the time that’s done, and it’s still about a decade out from opening.
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