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Originally Posted by Djeffery
Which is why whatever comes should use Western Road, so that the university doesn't get a say. Western wanted a new bridge built in exchange for allowing the BRT through campus. Skip being on campus, have regular transit up the Richmond site, rapid transit up the Western Rd side, and both coming in to whatever type of transit terminal they come up with at or near Masonville.
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I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I was with Western for kibboshing LRT through campus, thereby destroying the possibility of the entire project.
20,000 cars that do not have Western as a destination pass through campus every day. (well, not right now, as the university has seen fit to block access to campus, thereby redirecting these vehicles north and south...and creating epic traffic jams).
If Western Road goes to 2 lanes to accommodate BRT, the already extremely horrible rush hour traffic will be gridlocked.
The city does not have enough through roads (East-West, North-South). It also lacks highways. It also lacks rapid transit. It is extremely sprawly.