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Originally Posted by s211
Calgary's much higher use has nothing to do with whether it's at-grade or not.
They've got a much higher concentrated employment base downtown, and a much better system at connecting the compass points of the city to the downtown. Edmonton? Until recently, it just tracked to the NE.
Ask yourself why Calgary wants its next LRT leg through the downtown to go underground along 8th Avenue... they have literally been there and done that with the at-grade option, and it's a mess.
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Further more, Edmontons LRT has been on pace with Calgary LRT when you measure passengers per km of track.
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