The LRT is not about speed. Let's admit that. Shaving 6 minutes off an existing bus route is not why LRT is happening.
For Fred and many it is about replacing the 100 year old infrastructure under Main/King that is a ticking time bomb. when the City is already struggling to fix the Clairmont and now Sherman (again) Accesses if King blows up now, the are truly frigged.
Secondly, many pro LRT people already live downtown and walk everywhere, they won't even use it. They just like how 'euro-urban' it will look. Ask the current bus users, who are mostly disenfranchised, let alone politically involved in this, but as usual, elites think they know what they want and need. They don't want LRT. I will tell you, they just more busses so you can actually have a seat on.
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Height restrictions and Set-backs are for Nimbys and the suburbs.
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