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Originally Posted by FairHamilton
They are a great band.
In all seriousness, it would have left us fuming at the piece of junk we were 'given'. A system okay for serving suburbs (Scarobough LRT), but ill suited for serving Hamilton downtown.
The fact they couldn't sell any worldwide much beyond Scarborough, Vancouver & Detroit should say all that needs to be said.
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I often struggle with the question of whether we would be better off having accepted the proposed elevated transit of the early 80's. It certainly adds nothing to the street level aesthetic of the corridor it passes through. I've seen streets in Paris, the worldwide mecca of street life, where the metro runs elevated, that are absolutlely sketchy. Elevated transit removes passenger traffic from the street. In Vancouver BC the SkyTrain has largely avoided vibrant commercial streets in its alignment. The new line is underground except for the outer suburban portion. If the proposed Hamilton rapid transit had bypassed streets like James South, I feel that it would have been a net benefit. However the era of elevated rail as a preferred alignment is clearly over and cities from big to small have come full circle to street level transit, and this is the best time for Hamilton to get with the program.