Millennium Line - Broadway Extension: Planning & Pre-Construction

[ssiguy]

First things first, SkyTrain has to get to Cambie/Canada Line pronto, I don't think even SkyTrain haters refute the logic of that.

I have always thought that the Broadway to UBC corridor was a waste of money. The furthest west it needs to go is Alma and that's even stretching it. West of Alma the BLine is a very fast route with few lights and little disruption. In that stretch of Broadway it is just wealthy SFH most of whom wouldn't use transit if their life depended on it. West of Alma, except Sasamat, the BLine is fast and reliable and cannot be compared to central Broadway.

There is also no room for TOD west of Alma unlike huge other areas of the city/metro. Hastings is a far, far, far busier and more important route than Boradway west of Alma will ever be and is used by many more buses that Broadway will ever see. The need for Rapid Transit SoF is immediate as the system is completely over capacity.

Building to UBC may make the Westsiders who voted Liberal feel good but it is a huge waste of money and very poor urban planning. I think east to Granville would be fine for now with the remainder going SoF, Hastings, and upgrading the Canada Line which is already WAY over capacity. Frequencies have to at least double and station/trains expanded immediately. There are petitions in WR/Rich to get us taken off the Canada Line and back to our regular service before it opened which was more comfortable, faster, and much more pleasant than the Tonka-toy.