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Originally Posted by Alex Mackinnon
If only you could avoid having to route the RRT through long stretches of the ALR. Connecting Guildford and Newton make sense, but anything beyond that is a little ridiculous.
Without the ALR Surrey's density is ~2000/km².
Richmond's is ~2400 km².
The Tri-Cities range from 1000/km² to 1900/km².
Without subtracting any parkland (which there is lots...) Burnaby is at 2430/km².
New West without any subtraction is at 4000/km².
Vancouver without any subtraction is at 5250/km².
I don't think anyone will be suggesting Coquitlam, or Richmond deserve much more RRT other than their connections the central region. A good connection is important, but buses can handle a lot more traffic in these cities.
I think Surrey is the same. A few couple more stations to act as bus hubs feeding into the main parts of the region yes, as a replacement for infrequent buses? Heck no.
Should RRT eventually cross large swaths of ALR to reach South Surrey and Langley? Again, heck no.
Give it a decade or two of B-Line.
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You are actually missing the point entirely. Stop thinking of Surrey as just another suburb that directs people to Vancouver. Surrey has been designated downtown of the Fraser valley and second downtown of metro Vancouver.
That makes Surrey a second transit hub in the future and place where people in Langley, surrey, delta, and even burnaby/new west will commute to eventually. But as it can take a decade to get things constructed, the purpose of skytrain extension in Surrey is to build that backbone to encourage further business's and smart density.
So try and remove the notion that you have to lump Surrey in as just another suburb of Vancouver. It is mainly today for business but for industry it already leads with delta as a hub. Over time you will see business increase and increase. Not to mention in 10 years SFU Surrey will challenge Burnaby for size and make it further a destination rather than a source.
Also re crossing alr that is just blown over proportion. Drive down Fraser highway. You have 2km of alr to cross. You cross more distance from Columbia street to Scott Road. So crossing 2km of alr to connect regions with medium to high density is no big deal in my books. It is more dense in Fleetwood and Clayton than most of the Cambie corridors so just because there is a 2km wide "River" called the alr you need to cross, there should be no rrt at all ever?
Let's get real here that is just a tad sily. We aren't talking 20 km of empty devoid farmland here. Like I said go drive Fraser highway from Surrey central to Langley. You may be surprised as to how much actually is along that stretch and how busy it actually is.
This all still does not discount the fact that I think Broadway has to happen and quite frankly should have happened when Millenium line was built. And this coming from a born and raised Surrey citizen.
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