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Originally Posted by Good Baklava
I’ve had the chance to ride fast ferries in the pearl river delta, a region similar in size to HRM but hosting 22 million and I think you underestimate the utility. These aren’t 400 passenger beasts, the average catamaran-hulled fast ferry holds no more than 200 persons. Even if each ferry only carried 50-100 people per trip, 50-100 cars can easily clog up an intersection.
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Often there's an attitude that every new transportation option needs to be a silver bullet. So what if the ferry carries 400 people? If there's demand it might be a good option to add to the mix. The cost/benefit ratio is what matters, and as the city grows it's likely the best transportation system for the metro area will include a mix of many different modes useful for different types of trips.
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I can understand your rationale for the outpatient clinic, but displacing the QE2 to Bedford/Sackville? What about all the retirement living centres close to the existing location? Is it really worth uprooting all these vulnerable people? Unreal.
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The hospitals are near a bunch of existing buildings and Dalhousie, and the peninsula is more central to the region than Bedford or Sackville.
I wouldn't be surprised if the peninsula were one of the fastest growing parts of the city right now. The idea that the suburbs are booming and the city is declining is just a kind of time capsule talking point that doesn't fit the reality of recent years.
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