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Originally Posted by aberdeen5698
Yeah, a downtown streetcar is a dumb, dumb idea IMHO. It'll be the most expensive part of the line due to the need to accommodate traffic during construction, and it'll be the worst performing part because given the tight street grid there's no way to separate it from traffic. This is just as bad if not worse than Surrey trying to push through its LRT project.
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What part of the tight street grid are you referring to?
If this was to go right to Marpole it would have the advantage of limited grade crossings right from there to 2nd and Quebec. It isn't till you get past Sun-Yat-Sen Gardens that the street grid gets very tight. If the city truly wants to make Water Street car free teh streetcar is a natural, then it rolls down Cordova past Waterfont and the Convention centre and onto a lightly used residential section. This seems as near a perfect streetcar route any built up city can get.