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Originally Posted by craftbeerdad
Who would have guessed that outcome? Land goes up in value, city makes more money (takes tax payers off the hook) and we get a really valuable development over time.
Last ridership numbers are quite outdated ( November 2020), so hard to tell the impact of the hourly train, but it seems like it's working out well based on rudimentary research and usage. |
There's a bit of sketchiness going on here as always with the city. Firstly Aeon doesn't even own all the land yet, and the land they do own was sold pretty cheaply with no requirements to build anything in a secret deal with the city.
With the train, there was a great article and graphic about the preliminary numbers at West Harbour right after hourly service was introduced. I'll see if I can find it back.