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Originally Posted by someone123
One of the problems with Bedford is that the route is not fully developed and the best rights of way are on the edge of the built up areas.
It would be best to minimize hills but I'm not sure how much modern LRT can handle. In Halifax the old streetcars managed going up the hill downtown.
For Agricola it would be interesting to consider something like a streetcar, but it's possible it would be cost prohibitive. I think the North End could fairly easily accommodate an extra 10-20,000 people (the development along Gladstone alone probably brought in 600 new people or so.. it's in the range of 300-400 units) and it's definitely worth investing tens of millions of dollars into transit to make that happen.
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Robie Street from Young to about North Street is fairly wide enough that a train could run in the street - but then you have only one lane. The other problem is the pinch point at north street as you go down Robie towards the common; then it gets really wide.
I'm torn...