Light Rapid Transit (aka Light Rail Transit)
#1
Posted 10 January 2007 - 03:18 PM
#2
Posted 10 January 2007 - 04:19 PM
There's a reason why the #50 bus, #61, and all other buses deadheading out west deadhead out west. They'll stop on some offramps along HWY1, but that's to throw a couple people off and pack a couple people on. For the rest of the ride folks remain standing until they get out at the Colwood exchange or the Canwest exchange.
And realistically speaking, will View Royal and the parts of Saanich currently along the proposed route change zoning from single family dwellings to high-density apartments? They'll have to in order to make stations viable, but when you have View Royal residents complaining about towers at Town and Country the chances of that happening are slim.
The only economic sense for LRT in the region is to run it from downtown through to Shelbourne/Hillside and then towards the UVic area. Anything other than that will result in an infrequent service servicing low-density auto-dependent communities. Although transit reliance will increase in the west shore, it's still a long ways out before its high enough to justify a full blown LRT. Also, LRT wouldn't even be necessary in a downtown/UVic route as streetcars could support similar capacity at a lower cost and without a dedicated right of way.
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#3
Posted 10 January 2007 - 04:53 PM
#4
Posted 10 January 2007 - 05:00 PM
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#5
Posted 10 January 2007 - 06:17 PM
http://islandtransfo...s/ ... Dec.pdf
#6
Posted 10 January 2007 - 06:18 PM
#7
Posted 10 January 2007 - 06:33 PM
#8
Posted 10 January 2007 - 08:10 PM
#9
Posted 11 January 2007 - 02:08 PM
If Victoria followed Vancouver’s example, it would start with a line through the most highly-populated and well-established urban areas – say, downtown to Oak Bay – but using an incredibly expensive and untested form of technology as a political favour to another provincial government, as opposed to using streetcars or more conventional off-street light rail.
The second phase would initially be billed as an expansion out toward Gordon Head, but instead it would be built out to Langford.
The province would then devolve power to a regional transit authority, while making the authority effectively toothless in terms of raising revenues outside of the traditional sources of fuel taxes, property taxes, and fares, as well as making it effectively toothless in terms of transportation planning, as the province would force the authority to build a new line twinning the old one by going at a diagonal angle to it through the same core cities – and still not going anywhere close to the university.
Next, a major sporting event would serve as the impetus for federal and provincial funding for a line up to Sidney, with a spur line to the airport (but not to the ferry terminal). The Transportation Minister would order a review of the transportation authority’s governance structure, not on the basis of the decisions it had made, but because it had approved the Sidney-Airport line so narrowly. Proposed expansions up the Malahat, further into the Western Communities, and to UVic would remain on the back burner indefinitely, as there wouldn’t be any money for them.
So, what are Victorians waiting for? Don’t you want to be a world-class city like Vancouver? :smt003
#10
Posted 11 January 2007 - 03:44 PM
#11
Posted 11 January 2007 - 03:55 PM
The red line is my proposal with the blue line being the alternate or second line.
#12
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:03 PM
#13
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:08 PM
The #14, 6, 26, and the 30 are the highest ridership routes. The number 4 is the fifth highest.
The blue line would accomodate much of the usuage of # 30 but would not be needed right away.
#14
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:15 PM
#15
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:15 PM
#16
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:17 PM
#17
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:22 PM
Only in Victoria could a commuter train leave downtown at rush hour and head in to town at even rush hour!!! All the while the brainiacs seem so perplexed why ridership is so low! and while they scratch their heads trying to find ways to improve ridership!!! It's like a sick comedy show of some sort!!!
#18
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:25 PM
#19
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:28 PM
You could eventually have an LRT from Langford to Sooke especially after Royal Bay is built as you have it stop there first before going West.
#20
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:30 PM
Though it could be a quick fix while they plan a new lrt option. They would have to completely change the way the E&N currently works. New stations one or two more cars. Easy to access park and rides with minimal stops. They would have to make it so that a trip would be quicker than taking a car or taking the bus. I believe they could make it reliable and quick. It would be an exciting venture for this region.
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