tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post3320154824148299377..comments2024-03-28T17:34:21.418-07:00Comments on The South Fraser Blog: South Fraser Gets New RubbersNathan Pachalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-57471122259412547432008-04-23T08:55:00.000-07:002008-04-23T08:55:00.000-07:00One can see TransLink's bus-only mindset, they don...One can see TransLink's bus-only mindset, they don't have the collective intelligence to plan for LRT!<BR/><BR/>Anyone can add buses to a bus route; anyone can build rapid transit for $100 million+/km.; only smart planners can build LRT for $20 million/km.<BR/><BR/>Buses are seen a 'looser cruisers' and no matter how one 'tarts' them up, a bus, is a bus, is a bus.<BR/><BR/>Study after study has shown that LRT would attract more new ridership than buses, when planned for a transit route. Not just a few more riders, but 30% to 50% more riders!<BR/><BR/>All TransLink is doing is providing more buses, for the same riders, but they are deluding themselves, as well as transit customers, that the new enhanced (more expensive) bus service will do anything to solve endemic congestion and pollution.<BR/><BR/>BRT hasn't worked, just where has it?<BR/><BR/>As I said before, it takes intelligence to plan, design, and build with LRT and TransLink and the Transportation ministry are wanting in this field.Grumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938140911565053113noreply@blogger.com