Comment 66580

By Another Capitalist (anonymous) | Posted July 20, 2011 at 11:42:21

This is not going to be popular but I have to disagree with most of the people on here.

I want LRT, BUT I don't believe the B-Line is the way to go. The not knowing the full costs, revenue sharing aside, the current B-Line bus system is a great system. It works, I love using it and in my opinion, it doesn't need to change. Especially for riders from Eastgate to Mac.

I don't see the economic opportunities from the LRT down this line.

The reality is the traffic does move well, even in rush hour. Downtown to Stoney Creek takes minutes.

Now, the mountain to downtown is another story. I would love to see an LRT line using Upper James (the middle corridor is large and it already exists on Upper James), turning left on Fennell, then right on West 5th using that access only for LRT down the Mountain. It would go straight down James all the way to a new GO Station past Barton and finish at the Harbour.

I see large economic opportunities building this line. New businesses/factories on both the Industrial area and the Mountain Parks and I really do see more people moving to the lower city, even if they work on the mountain.

My two cents

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