Canada Line races toward capacity

[fredinno]

OK, so then that reason goes out the window. I have a max capacity of 28,000 pphpd with 60s frequency and upgraded trains (+15m C-trains.) I can send the document calculating this if you guys want it.



Though, TBF, at such high pphpds (or even 15,000, since the extra capacity is mostly from frequency), the issue is probably the stations themselves being unable to deal with so many passengers without spanish solution.

The narrower Bombardier trains have less need for spanish solution stations.

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There may be a different reason to connect the Bombardier tracks with the Canada Line and make them using the same rolling stock - the Canada Line OMC is within a 5-10 minute walk from Bridgeport Station (better if you're just going by how the crow flies- it practically abbutts the station.)

For comparison, the Edmonds OMC is 10-15 min away from the Edmonds station.


You're going to get people living in Bridgeport complaining about the OMC eventually for being a noisy eyesore.

So getting rid of the Richmond OMC would be a massive boost once the area fills up.



Putting the OMC underground and building on top of it is technically feasible, but risks the entire thing filling up with water, so it's probably best just to move the OMCs somewhere more geologically stable and higher up to ensure the system keeps operating in a disaster.


How much money you could get by rezoning and selling off the entire industrial area bounded by Bridgeport, Great Canadian Way, the North Arm, and No 4 Rd?

The Capstan Road station was funded with $52M in CACs from developers across an area of 212,800m3.
- The 45m height cap was for 194,500m3 of that land- the rest is a 35m height cap.
- The land available for rezoning to fund it is 709,400m3 - more for having reclaimed land into the water.

So maybe around $184.6M could be generated in CACs. More if you add the OMC lands itself (so ~$300M generated total?). Land prices would be higher by the time you get to this point. You could generate a significant fraction of the money required, but probably not enough to finance the entire thing unless you also used CACs elsewhere to finance the project to 'replace the Canada Line' (which would easily be over a billion dollars.)

Making the rolling stock the same across all the lines would make maintenance easier, though, the cost-benefit is still iffy.
It would also prevent any further requirement of improving signaling systems to increase capacity, so maybe if you're extending the line to Steveston, it might still be a good idea to do this?