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Originally Posted by lightrail
Terrible render. Only cars and tourist buses in the HOV - it surely couldn't hurt to show translink buses using them? And what day in fantasyland would they expect traffic that light on the bridge? The render should show the bridge 10 years after opening, when it will be congested and lined up (don't believe me? The Alex Fraser looked like this when it opened in 1986, now look at it in rush-hour). The Port Mann will be the same.
Building more capacity to relieve congestion is like buying a larger pair of pants to fight obesity.
The bridge is a waste of money. A better solution, two truck lanes, two HOV lanes for buses ONLY and four general use lanes. Let's move the trucks and buses first (goods and high capacity people movers).
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That is a poor comparison. Building more capacity is building more capacity i.e. "The ability to receive, hold, or absorb.". When and if a 10 lane bridge reaches its capacity, then it will still be moving 150% more vehicles then a 4 lane bridge that has reached its capacity.
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