[Mikeed]

I have a hard time believing we will exceed the 24,000 pdph capacity of the Confederation Line after the 150' extensions anytime soon.

Automatic train control and replacing some of the lines rolling stock with trains that are full length would also goose that capacity in ways we don't know.

Coupled with the continuation of decentralization we've been seeing and I don't think we'll ever need an expensive boondoggle like a bank street subway.

I would love to live in that world, but I'm of an opinion we're better looking at at holistic regional needs that foster growth that continues to make Ottawa one of the greatest & most livable cities in the world.

Regional rail, Crosstown BRT, Carling Tram/BRT all important keys to unlocking more of Ottawa with rapid transit.

Considering my perspective from someone who moved to Ottawa for school, all my peers spent considerable time living in the inner city belt of affordability that is off the Baseline-Heron-Walkley spine.

The Crosstown Transitway is the most important project outside the Otrain line 1 & 2.

The only way we'll see a Bank Street Subway imo is if it was somehow linked by tunnel with Lansdowne and the Carling LRT.

But I don't know what problem this is really solving since "old Ottawa" is a extremely walk able city- money should be put into better designing transit priority and "complete streets".

We really should have had the Confederation Line tunnel under Laurier to better capture walkups from Centretown but that ship has sailed.