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Originally Posted by J.OT13
Regardless of my opposition (and the opposition of many others I'm sure), the current transit master-plan is miles better than what was proposed by Bob Chiarelli. Basically build as much lrt as possible for the cheapest possible price . Absolutely no thought around capacity (trams and only trams), origin and destination or the fact that the Transitway would have still been, even after billions spent on rail, the best way for most of us to get downtown.
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I still think the Montreal Rd Streetcar would have been a good idea...if done right in the European style where it gets priority over cars. As for the rest, we all know the problems with the
Trillium Line 2 and it's by far the best of the leftover freight corridors in the city. If we hadn't spent so much effort bulldozing Ottawa's industrial past, we probably would have had some better options to route LRT on existing track.
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