From the Georgia Straight – Transportation activists mobilize to thwart South Fraser Perimeter Road and Broadway SkyTrain
Athens tram - note simple on-street construction
Charlie Smith has another good article in the Georgia Straight about transit and transportation in the region and of course the comments are well worth a read.
Please attend the meetings.
The January 16 meeting will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Sundance Banquet Hall (6574 Ladner Trunk Road). It’s served by the C76 and C87 buses.
January 18, TransLink is hosting a stakeholder meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. on a proposed rapid-transit line to UBC. It will take placeAi??Ai??at the Plaza 500 Hotel at 500 West 12th Avenue.
Good luck! $4 Billion for a underground light metro line is nuts.
Zweisystem replies: The $4 billion is Zweisystem’s estimate from Broadway SkyTrain station to UBC – The SkyTrain Lobby/TransLink are saying $2 billion to $3 billion.
Costs for subway construction range from $125 million/km to over $500 million/km. and that was a decade ago!
From Susan Heyes lawsuit, we know that the cost of the RAV/Canada Line exceeds $2.5 billion but, the provincial government and InTransit BC refuse to divulge costs and I believe there are several court cases trying to get costs from InTransit BC.
Way to go government accountability! 😀