tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post1679167191283778355..comments2024-03-28T17:34:21.418-07:00Comments on The South Fraser Blog: Sub-area Equity in Transit DeliveryNathan Pachalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-38777065842465017502012-08-23T09:05:39.522-07:002012-08-23T09:05:39.522-07:00If anyone is considering sub-area equity a good id...If anyone is considering sub-area equity a good idea they should go to the Seattle transit blog and look at a few posts and see the comments. A frequent point is how good we have it up here...because we don't have it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-22644397635352820542012-08-22T19:26:38.998-07:002012-08-22T19:26:38.998-07:00Octavius, maybe in the 1970s what you're sayin...Octavius, maybe in the 1970s what you're saying might have been true but in 2012 itis simply not the case. Vancouver is massively overrated by its residents who remain unaware that the rest of Metro has taken over most of its historic roles. Light industry has been chased away as has warehousing with that work going to Coquitlam, Poco, and Langley and the old areas turned into condos. New business districts are popping up in Burnaby and Surrey and even the Port is a shadow of its old importance with the new container port and Gateway. <br /><br />The "suburbs" like Langley actually import workers (more jobs than workers in the community) and need transit. Gloucester desperately needs bus service for the thousands of warehouse and light. Industry jobs and both Surrey and Langley need cross-town service.rather than service as hubs for travel to Vancouver.Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-66230856011613164122012-08-22T14:18:02.332-07:002012-08-22T14:18:02.332-07:00I'm not sure if regional equity is such a grea...I'm not sure if regional equity is such a great idea. A strong, well-oiled central Vancouver helps Abbotsford and Coquitlam because central Vancouver is the beating heart of the region's economy. The body suffers if the heart suffers, even if a given part of the body, like the eyes, doesn't seem to have much of a connection at first.<br /><br />Put another way, the money each subregion invests into Vancouver has a high return on investment, even if the project is just a Broadway subway.<br /><br />If the subregions want strong transit service, they need to build strong centers to support such service, not the car-centric crap they continually encourage.OctaviusIIIhttp://thegreatermarin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com