What I would I'd be interested in, is if BC transit got in the water - for local trips within greater Victoria. Around the Gorge, Esquimalt, Colwood..
I totally agree! You look at a map or aerial picture of Victoria and see almost a complete ring of lakes, gorge and harbour. Overland transit has to go around all this water when really they could go along it. This beautiful shot by bcradio illustrates it nicely, as well as the shot valleyflyfisher posted from Randall and Kat's Flying Photos! What if we worked with our geography instead of working around it? We could create a world class commuter network, something people looked forward to in the morning!
bcradio.. wow!
Randall and Kat - we are wrapped around water.
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My "thinking outside the box" award of all time has to go to architect Chris Gower for his submission to the 2020 poster board display, where architects were asked to use their imaginations to come up with an ideas for what Victoria's future might hold. I emailed him and he was kind enough to give me permission to post pictures of the board.
His submission was called "The case for portage canal" and showed how with a couple of canals we could create a waterway transit and commuter route which nicely connects the Western Communities, Esquimalt and Burnside, James Bay, and Downtown. I loved it.
Here is a detail of one of the panels - The full panel images can be found at http://www.flickr.co... ... 006031892/ . The red and black bits are culverts or channels, with locks to control tidal flow.
Chris Gower, architect for Downtown Victoria 2020
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Here is a google close up of where the canal would go through into Esquimalt Harbour:
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