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Old Posted Jul 23, 2008, 8:21 PM
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I have to agree with Dado on almost every point. We have a fixation on a tunnel, which is delaying transit progress. A surface rail line downtown doesn't have to be the long-term solution but it can help get a rail network up and going much sooner while we study and find funding for a tunnel. Ultimately, surface track will serve a function even when a tunnel is opened. We have let the downtown business lobby dictate the city's agenda far too long. We also need to look at existing track on the south perimeter of the city to deliver a cheaper way to deliver a service that doesn't presently exist while at the same time diverting some transit traffic away from downtown. We could have a useable rail transit network going east-west and north-south long before a tunnel is ready if we really wanted it and it could be funded by not replacing things such as exclusive bus lanes with expensive parallel running busways. There are other cities which are now building multiple rail lines simultaneously and they will all be open before our first line is ready.
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