Quote:
Originally Posted by skeet1991
Also, about the concrete quality in the other posts-- I have to agree as well. Driving to work each day it seems like the concrete pads poured just last year are bumpier than the surrounding asphalt and haven't aged well. They didn't seem to hold up great over the winter. Hard to see how they'll be in excellent condition for a 2028 launch.
|
They'll likely look a little worn in as the system basically soft launches itself using the basic poured infrastructure that exists. By 2028, transit users and drivers alike will have become so used to the new "station" locations that fully deploying the Link brand will just feel like a natural outgrowth. In a few years time, all the bigtime naysayers (BANANAs) will have settled down just like they did about the Remai and even the central library increasingly, etc. It will already have been part of the civic built environment for a few years by 2028, and new improved signage/shelter/ticketing or whatever (will there be outdoor ticketing or is it still coin in the slot by driver?) will hopefully just be seen as an incremental improvement on semi-established civic works.
Which, of course, in an ideal case means that the new platforms will appear somewhat broken in by the time Link fully launches. Incidentally, that's a branding distinction that I get the sense means not a lot to people who just want to Take The Bus like they usually do and have and will. New stop locations and various residents incensed over losing the bus stop on their block, others just normatively accepting the change without putting too much extra thought into it. And the issue being more or less moot to any new arrivals. So people will get used to it, and it will be part of 2030s Saskatoon....
Prev
Linear Mode
