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Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian
Methinks somebody has been reading our forum and incorporating our ideas into their articles.
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I got that feeling too as I was reading it
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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Could not disagree more on both counts. We need a rail-based solution.
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Absolutely, however I have been warming up more and more lately to a downtown electric trolley coach (trackless) route. I've never been onboard the ferry idea, it just seems like such a huge cost for a relatively small catchment area. Rail from Windsor Jct on the other hand, that's a huge catchment area.
As for using refurbed Dayliner/RDC cars, I think it's a good starting point, however the biggest turnoff I have with these is that you'll never see them past the Via station. I think for this to be truly convenient, you need smaller cars (but still built to the proper safety levels to operate on the CN trackage along side freight - I'm sure it's possible) that can operate right through downtown, preferable to a new downtown terminal built on the Cogswell Interchange land. If Lower Water was made into a one-way street Northbound for the entire length, then I see no reason why rail couldn't operate in mixed traffic on L.Water (northbound) and Hollis (southbound) to Cogswell.
The author also brings up using the area on the other side of the peninsula, continued past Richmond to the sewage plant. Hell why not take that a step further and cross Upper Water to the Cogswell Interchange area. Then you're pretty much right there at Scotia Square.
Anyway, good to see this issue actually getting some additional time in the spotlight.