Shift: London's Rapid Transit Initiative

[haljackey]

I hate to say it but...

I think I am becoming less and less optimistic about the project. I was a supporter of the LRT and hybrid plans with the tunnel under Richmond but cheapening out to full BRT without the tunnel has made the project less impressive. It will still cost a lot of $ and won't do much to improve transit times and will impact car travel. Lots of construction time pain too.

Also, Western University are bring pricks and are setting some unrealistic expectations to the city to get BRT through the university. If nothing else kills the project, their demands might be the final nail on the coffin unless they budge.

Investing transportation dollars into choke points, road gaps and new bridges would do a lot more to decrease travel times in the city.