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Originally Posted by You Need A Thneed
The same number of people live in the area either way, how could it possibly serve more people?
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A nose creek alignment + centre street BRT would provide fast direct access to DT to more people.
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Originally Posted by You Need A Thneed
An extra few billion? No. The centre Street alignment will cost $2 to $2.5 billion total. A Nose Creek alignment will cost at least $2B itself. The cost difference isn't really a big factor.
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Eglinton LRT - underground portions = $360M/km
Eglinton LRT - surface portions = $85M/km
Show me the business plans that say otherwise.
For Calgary, add the much higher land acquisition costs that would be required for the centre street alignment and the bridge that would be required across the bow river.
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