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Originally Posted by NewfBC
You can't compare the small inter-city LRT line in Surrey to the Canada Line. LRT in Surrey is connecting 3 neighbourhoods together and to the Skytrain. The Canada line serves the cities of Richmond and Vancouver, connects to YVR. No comparison!
Ron.
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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
Anybody else want to take this one, or should I?
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For starters, the first phase is an
intra-city line because it doesn't travel beyond Surrey's borders, while the second phase—the Surrey-Langley segment—is more comparable to the Canada Line since it goes through
three cities, each having densely-populated neighborhoods (Fleetwood, Cloverdale, Willowbrook etc.), not counting the ALR in between.
Secondly, Fraser Hwy bisects two-thirds of Surrey's north-south arterial roads, so having an Expo extension will cause a great shift on SoF's bus network. It's east-west service is severely lacking because of the ALR, sudden dead ends between arterials, and low-density corridors (there's almost no bus service along 96th, and no, the 388 and 501 on Port Kells do not count). Having an Expo Line backbone will make the bus network more grid-like instead of the current spoke-and-hub. An LRT on Fraser Hwy will not make a big difference practical wise to the region (other than for bringing developers), so the status quo will remain.
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