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Originally Posted by Aylmer
Well, actually, I was thinking of something more along these crudely drawn-up lines:
The biggest (and most developable) part of the Chaudière lands is the land just south of Laurier on the island of Hull, currently occupied by Domtar, if I'm not mistaken. LRT turning down Chaudière wouldn't serve much of Hull (which, according to the O-D Survey, is the destination for about as many trips as Ottawa for Aylmer and the Plateau).
Perhaps the route could be used by a circulator-style streetcar or bus as proposed by the NCC a while back as a way of connecting the destinations around the core (Parliament, Sparks St, the Market, Museum of Civ and eventually Montcalm and Chaudière.)
And the obsession with "eliminating" STO buses is getting unhealthy, IMO. I think a Bank Street Subway to Hull would go a long way to addressing traffic, but until that happens, we'll have to cope. |
First off, I wouldn't call my wanting to eliminate STO buses from downtown streets "unhealthily" or an "obsession". I don't think about it day and night, I only bring up the subject when we talk about interprovincial transit. Eliminating buses from downtown streets (or the vast majority) needs to be done eventually, just as they eliminated streetcars from city streets in 59'.
That said, crossing the Bank Subway across to Hull would be extremely expensive (tunneling under the River), not to mention security concerns of a tunnel running under the Parliamentary Precinct (which includes everything north of Wellington between the Portage and the Canal). Bank Street subway should turn east under Rideau to Vanier.
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