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Originally Posted by dleung
I'm starting to wonder why they haven't considered an inlet crossing just east of Victoria Dr, capturing most of the ridership along Hastings, while beating Seabus times with a shorter route than via 2nd Narrows. No switches/transfers, just an extension of Expo from Waterfront to Ambleside. Shouldn't get too precious about Phibbs, we should be relocating bus interchanges to less-hostile and more-urban/multimodal settings anyway.
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I guess a crossing further west would be slightly worse for connectivity to CapU, North Woods, and Deep Cove. And if the NS end of the crossing was west of the terminals Park & Tilford wouldn't be directly served either.
If Translink follows the purple alignment I can't imagine running Skytrain 2/3 of the way down Hastings between Willingdon and Victoria and not going all the way to DT Vancouver. But then you're dealing with branching and I would hate to cut the Willingdon and Hastings frequencies in half.
If Translink follows the gold alignment maybe crossing right after the denser areas of DTES and Grandview-Woodlands would be considered, but again that feels half-assed. If (when) Hastings gets Skytrain I think there has to be a one-seat ride all the way from DT Vancouver to the PNE.
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