West Gatineau LRT & Downtown Loop | Proposed

[lrt's friend]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

How in Hades is the proposed Kettle Bridge in any way a battle in the Great Patriotic War on Cars?

It is those who both oppose the bridge while also wanting to restrict car traffic downtown. That is the war on cars. Eventually, traffic just bogs down. Transit cannot possibly address suburb to suburb trips, at least, in our current political environment.

[lrt's friend]

Originally Posted by GeoNerd

Putting another city's suburban streetcar down Wellington Street is one of the dumbest ideas I've heard. Bury it or keep it out of downtown Ottawa. The Wellington surface tram only makes sense if you completely turn off your brain to every issue this would cause.

Has it come to this?

But I do agree that Wellington is the worst possible place for a surface tram. Every major event at Parliament Hill will close a trunk transit line.

We have spoken of the heresy of putting a surface tram on Albert and Slater in 2006, but look today, with most buses gone. It would certainly work now, more central to downtown, and away from most protests, crowd events and parades.

What is the plan for Albert and Slater today? Patios in shadows (who really wants to go to that?) and more cycle tracks, just one block from the existing Laurier cycle track.

[J.OT13]

Albert and Slater rebuild will include bike lanes. I do think that cyclists should have more choices than Laurier. Laurier is not the only destination for cyclists. It's like saying we have the Queensway for cars, and Metcalfe, Kent and Lyon bring cars to the Queensway, so lets close all other streets to cars.

Sidewalks will also be widened. They are ridiculously narrow on Albert and Slater at the moment.

I'd say Wellington is the best option as it reduces conflicts with cars. If Wellington is shut off completely to cars, we can also pedestrianize part of Elgin, Metcalfe and O'Connor, reducing the number of intersections the tramway will need to go through.

Can't find the project website for the CBD Albert-Slater, but this gives a good idea.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...-lrt-1.4598796

[zzptichka]

The irony is that had there been a tram on Wellington 2 years ago, there wouldn't have been a convoy. They would've shut it down immediately.

Yes, Wellington is the best place for a tram and only a car brain would suggest to bury it.

But then again, in this city they find it normal to shut down an actual trunk transit line for 2 weeks every summer for maintenance, and nobody bats an eye, so...

[J.OT13]

This is the City that has sit down the Trillium Line twice, once for about 6 months, and now for two years.