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Study says subway best option for Broadway-UBC corridor
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Gord Macdonald | Email news tips to gmacdonald@cknw.com
3/7/2013

Translink is out with a new study Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says supports a subway as the rapid transit option for the UBC-Broadway corridor.


He says the Translink analysis evaluated several options for that route, and found a subway would cut travel time from Commercial to UBC in half, to 19 minutes.


As well, it would attract five times more riders than light rapid transit, and would reduce greenhouse gas emmissions by 40 per-cent more than L-R-T.

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  1. WDW1 posted on 03/07/2013 10:44 AM
    I find the research and reports to date convincing as to the need for "skytrain" type rapid transit along this corridor. It is the only option for the volumes of commuters that move through the area.

    So while the need has been established in my mind, the funding is still unresolved. No matter how convincing the need is, the issue is the funding. And that is going to the challenge.
  2. AndreaK_5056 posted on 03/07/2013 10:47 AM
    I don't care what your study says... THERE IS NO MORE MONEY FOR IDIOTIC PROJECTS LIKE THIS!!

    Unless you hit up Jimmy P or some of the other richies who are willing to cough up the billions, put this back in a box, back on the shelf.
    1. WDW1 posted on 03/07/2013 10:58 AM
      @AndreaK_5056 The lack of funding doesn't make this an "idiotic project". There is very strong case for improved tansit along the corridor given the massive volumes and the Skytrain-type solution does seem to be the only option. But I agree, we have no money . . .
  3. WilliamS_3961 posted on 03/07/2013 11:13 AM
    You know, we really must get away from thinking we are a "rich" Province and Country. As a Province, we owe 60 Billion dollars and are spending around 2 Billion more than we take in yearly and another 60 Billion as our share of Canada's debt and spending around 20 Billion more than we take in yearly. These are not signs of "wealth". These are signs of being broke. Too bad people can't grasp that this just can't continue.
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 03/07/2013 12:42 PM
      @WilliamS_3961 Reality is going to hit in as people's ability to retire disappears ! There is no money left and we are mortgaging the future of our children !
    2. P.D posted on 03/07/2013 05:10 PM
      @WilliamS_3961 so logical but those in charge are just looking for votes.
  4. RayA_5 posted on 03/07/2013 11:47 AM
    Politicians building their life legacies on the backs of taxpayers. I'm convinced that the bureaucrats in power are serving nothing more than their own need to remain in the public trough. Let them pay for their ideas and see how long this remains "viable".
  5. HedgeH posted on 03/07/2013 12:10 PM
    Oh they`ll find the money.......when you pull into a gas station!
  6. P.D posted on 03/07/2013 05:12 PM
    gregor says so, so it must be? most likley a swayed study, arent they all? vancouver, the new greece.
  7. commonsense posted on 03/07/2013 06:05 PM
    The study also shows that rapid transit expansion in Surrey/Langley is very favourable and would meet the demands of the ever changing region.

    LRT down to South Surrey. Sign me up!
  8. opq posted on 03/07/2013 09:59 PM
    I can't understand how people could support transit in Surrey. Has no one seen how sketchy the buses already are? Can we imagine what light rail would be like, with no bus driver to deter them? There are good parts of a region and bad parts of a region. You don't throw money into the bad parts of LA just like how you don't put money in Surrey. Don't like it? Save up and move to a better part of time. That's how the world works, except in Communist China.
    1. SalV posted on 03/08/2013 01:08 PM
      @opq Can I live in your gated community?
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  9. MichaelD_10 posted on 03/07/2013 10:48 PM
    We need something more affordable. Light rail steel on steel. With lots of room for bikes.
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