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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
So you are saying that Halifax shouldn't try to have better transit (like LRT) because it doesn't have these attributes? I think that, at 500,000 people, we should be planning for LRT now, so that as the city grows, it won't be that much more difficult/expensive to implement (we’re already behind where we should be). Right now we're just adding buses to already-crowded roadways (plus ferries, whenever that happens, but that only gets us across waterways, not through the city).
I have to ask, for all the people who say that we can’t or shouldn’t shift from basically car/bus only, what would you plan to do to deal with an ever-increasing car traffic problem? Tear down buildings to make bigger roads? Do nothing and let things continue the way they are? Hope that we experience a population decline so we can go back to the way it used to be? That’s not going to happen… in fact the feds just promised to invest something like $2 billion in the area for military purposes. Our population will continue to grow.
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No Mark I am not advocating for tear downs or lack of planning but there is a definite lack of focus for big picture, decades away, where do we want to be, thinking in Halifax. There are a variety of reasons for that as in the three different Nova Scotia's that drive our Politics and resource allocation. The Transportation discussions in the City spend far too much time and definitely Capital on things like Bike lanes which I consider Tinsil on the Christmas tree if you will. The Bike bunch have been very clever dominating the City transportation discussions. They WILL be the protected ones.
The post Covid Boom that followed the Ship building Contract has definitely altered the local and National confidence quotient around here.
Throw in the 15+ Local Familys driving the 40+ Construction cranes over the City and I think Halifax is in a very solid place and is going to go to another level once the River Class really get going after the Irving Shipyard addition. Mr Carney seems to like it here and see's our potential. Now WE just have to see our potential and like a great Golf swing. Follow through.
I think a Tunnel From Pleasant street to Georges Island landing around the Superstore area with Trains and cars should be an option to go along with the Mackay replacement. Designate the Agricola/ Summer st corridor to University Avenue Tram only and enforce it. Were ripping up that chunk of Halifax anyway. Loop it up to Robie to the Audi dealership and South again.
in fifty years put it all underground on the same route.
I know the Engineer that wrote the Commuter Train study and unless Halifax takes over the CN board they WILL NOT SHARE . Forever. So that's out unfortunately. Time to use the Harbour and no we should NOT copy Boston Harbours Private uber on the Rush hour waters plan. Build or copy what works and stop trying the Vanity tech demonstration while chasing Fed dollars. Buy what works and quit dicking around. Paralysis by analysis has to stop.
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