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Originally Posted by logan5
The Arbutus Corridor isn't a part of Translink's 2050 plan, but this corridor is by far the most rapid transit ready. You could very cheaply build a grade A BRT line right into downtown by utilizing the Granville Street Bridge as the last stretch. The route would deal with so few intersections (until you hit 16th Ave, but then you block those minor sidestreets off) that it would be nearly as fast as Skytrain (with similar station spacing), but at a small fraction of the cost. Too bad to see that golden opportunity wasted.
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I think your idea of starting with articulated (and hopefully frequent) BRT is great. The only major difference for me is that I would do some of it underground, like Geary in SF, even smaller, at major intersections.
But tunnels are $expensive, and people here don't seem to like them, for some reason. Still, beginning with good BRT is great and would evolve as necessary.
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