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Originally Posted by Dado
Let's back up here a moment.
Never mind what you thought of their specific proposal, but why did the FotO critique of the NSLRT have such resonance?
One of the reasons was that the NSLRT did nothing for the downtown congestion problem and would have only made it worse. Getting the buses out of downtown has a lot of appeal because everybody who uses the transit system (and many who do not) can see for themselves that it is a problem and has to be addressed. FotO wants on-street LRT, others want a tunnel, but either way would be an improvement on what we have now if the buses are out of the picture.
So if we build a tunnel but then continue to run the majority of the current bus routes downtown as right now then we again run into that problem. People will ask why we are building a tunnel only to keep running the buses. It won't be acceptable, to council nor the public. The buses have to go. And if they go, we then have to figure out how to get people onto the train. The options are convert or build transfer stations.
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In some way, having buses running DT will get people to complain, and they will want LRT. You can always change opinions to your advantage.