Comment 118846

By ryanplestid (registered) | Posted May 27, 2016 at 09:58:33

The LRT does not have high operating costs, in fact it has lower operating costs than the current bus system because it will require fewer drivers along the corridor. I think the idea of integrating cycling into a public transit system is a great idea, and perhaps even pushing for local manufacturing but I think you trivialize the difficulty of such a project.

Perhaps the city should look at incentivizing engineering start-ups which could benefit the city, but going from zero to full on production of an in-house product that is competitive with the market is asking a lot.

This bicycle program would also not have any of the economic uplift potential of an LRT. One of the nice things about this geographic concentration of infrastructure is we can densify along a corridor.

I love the ambition and forward thinking, however I think this article tends to trivialize difficult projects, and ignore the merits of existing ones.

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