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[ressen]

Density is the answer to making LRT feasible. I envision an ultra light rapid transit system based on roller coaster technology. Initiating at Malahat station where south bound train pasengers from communities North of the Malahat will transfer onto the ULRT. The line from there will then flow East; past Langford lake and West Hills, Hulls and West shore Town Center, Golldstream, Colwood Corners, Fort Rodd,over the pedestrian, cycle and rail bridge to Duntze Head (DND), Admirals, Esquimalt, Victoria and then East and North to UVIC and Gorden Head. As the tracks are based on Roller coaster type systems they are much lighter and less obtrusive than standard elevated concrete rail beds.High density is sure to follow.The bridge will be built at Victoria ship Yards then towed into place where it will be pulled up to the top of the two towers and affixed.

[Holden West]

[url=http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=bdf35d9c-1311-4c91-a3e2-b06c7526f053:87046]Jody Paterson on regional traffic[/url:87046]:

Sometimes the culprit is bad planning. I suspect the reason that westbound traffic piles up on the Bay Street Bridge at various times of day is because some planner made the big mistake of putting in a single shared lane for vehicles coming off the bridge at the Tyee Road intersection regardless of whether they're trying to turn left on Tyee or drive straight through.

That shared lane means nobody travelling west across the bridge can move forward until cars turning left on Tyee have negotiated their turns across a fairly steady stream of oncoming traffic. With the lack of an advance left-turn arrow complicating the situation even more, traffic can sometimes back up all the way to Bridge Street and beyond.

[gumgum]

Anybody else let their imagination run wild when they're stuck on that bridge and a semi drives passed you, shaking the entire bridge like a giant elastic band?
There are a few places I wouldn't want to be in this city in an event of an earthquake, and that the Bay Bridge is in my top five list.

[UrbanRail]

Back in the early to mid 90s there were plans to replace the Bay st bridge. This was shown on my copies of the original CNR yards redevelopment plan. Space was left to accomodate a new span. I will see if i can dig it up.

Also until the liberals recoqnize that we exist (besides being the capital of the province), we wont see any money (at least to the same extent as is going to Vancouver) until after the Olympics.