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Originally Posted by markbarbera
For what it would cost to implement an LRT for one of the BLAST routes, we could implement BRT that covers all BLAST routes, and actually increase the amount of development opportunity it would generate.
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Even if Hamilton could bank the $1B and draw against it, the City would still need to perform EAs and BCAs on the L/S/T lines and Metrolinx would have to sign off on it. Years of study plus the time spent idling at the back of the project priority line, waiting to be blessed by a funding announcement.
And one could be forgiven for thinking that BRT just adds up to more of the same mode that council refuses to support, only run more frequently in dedicated transit-only lanes.
Then there's this caveat, from the
Forbes piece:
“I don’t think we are attributing the development 100 percent to the transit investment… It’s part of the package of all of the importance given to the corridor. It’s possible that in a really strong corridor with a lot of goverment support and no transit you might get a lot of development. Probably if you add in transit you would do even better. But importantly in those situations you still need transit in order to create that kind of dense urban environment.”
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