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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
Rapid transit does not eliminate congestion.
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That's true but people don't only care about congestion per se, they're often interested in their ability to get around. Central London is very congested but you can efficiently travel between many points using the tube and it carries a much higher throughput of passengers than the streets. In Japan they have some very efficient commuting and inter-city travel options on bullet trains even though driving remains pretty slow.
There's a lot of low-hanging fruit in Halifax, like expanding the network of dedicated bus lanes or improving some of the bottlenecks like the Windsor St Exchange. And I think it makes sense to begin planning for LRT now so that transit improvements can be guided toward that eventual goal. Expanding bridge capacity is also obviously needed eventually and the MacKay needs upgrading/replacement. Halifax doesn't have intractable transportation problems, there just hasn't been much infrastructure investment.
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