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Originally Posted by queetz@home
By the time UBC is done with "consultations", many more people would have already moved to the Tri Cities and Surrey. More buildings, both residential and commercial, will have been built. And even if UBC does grow, I doubt most people can afford to live in that area anyway. Those that do end up living there, will they take Skytrain to the burbs or drive to the nearby Broadway Commercial district?
As for the Broadway commercial district, what they will get is an enhancement. There are already many buses that traverse that area very frequently, the time to travel from Commercial to a Broadway destination simply ain't as long as someone travelling from Coquitlam Centre to Lougheed or Braid. Even if you miss a bus in Broadway because it is full, another one will be there after a few minutes. Miss a bus in Coquitlam due to its unreliable schedule, you wait 30 more minutes for the next one plus travel time.
I'd also like to point out that its kinda funny how people bash Derek Corrigan because his city already has two Skytrain Lines but seems against rapid transit expansion for other municipalities. Is it really that different from people who already live near Skytrain Lines (such as near Lougheed Mall) and yet want other people who have absolutely no decent transit options to be denied yet again the long promised line that they have waited for almost an eternity and continuously paid their more than fair share of taxes from gas and property to subsidize yet again another city of Vancouver only multi-billion dollar subway?
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maybe my understanding of whats going on is wrong - but its my understanding that there is 100's of millions of dollars for the evergreen line right now - if the remainder is not found the whole project will just be scrapped and never to be revisited again basically
why not use the money since it should be enough to extend the m-line right now
as for evergreen i think its purpose is to get people from coquitlam centre the m-line - the current route isn't going to get that many riders in between imo and i think they should take the e-line and hook it up to braid station - no expensive tunnel needed people will get the service they need than use the money save not building a tunnel to spur a line to port moody and one to port coquitlam
the tunnel idea is just stupid
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