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Old Posted Nov 7, 2018, 7:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Bombaman View Post
What you said is like saying "Skytrain for the sake of rapid transit? Sure - implement a better 96, a BRT, street gondolas, or basically whatever kind of RT one can think of." Your argument is lime. What I suggested is there are benefits in having rapid transit around the area and we can't deny that. But I will rest my case now, you won.
Point successfully missed. Rapid transit, by definition, is meant to transition people from place to place, and nothing does that better than a metro. Attracting redevelopment is a beneficial side-effect that can be triggered by any kind of improved mobility, or often without any improvement whatsoever.
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