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Originally Posted by VancouverMark
Too little too late as far as I am concerned. I am so glad I got off the North Shore three years ago. By the time construction is complete for this entire project, development and growth will have outpaced capacity. The various interchanges at the north end of the bridge have long been the choke points, but the bridge will finally become the new choke point.
The PMH1 project certainly helped for a while, but things are already getting back to as busy as they were prior to construction in some areas. Heading off the North Shore eastbound, the Hastings/Bridgeway exits, the Cassiar tunnel, and the on ramp at First Avenue already cause traffic to back up on to the Bridge Deck at times.
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We could toll the 1st and 2nd Narrows, and add commuter Rail service to the North Shore.
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Originally Posted by Pinion
Government/Translink has been promising a 3rd seabus/10 minute sailings for the 11 years I've lived here and we still don't have it. Getting anything else is a pipe dream.
Growth is near zero on the north shore due to West Van shrinking in population. But I agree it should've been more ambitious/future proof, and a third crossing needs to be part of the solution.
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The reason West Van is declining in population is because not even the rich can afford its properties. Once house prices fix at lower values, expect North Shore to grow with a vengeance.
Also, we could technically have 3 active Seabuses at once (we have 3 active Seabuses- 2 active, one backup (and one for spare parts)- apparently, it's not essential enough to bother right now.
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Originally Posted by Metro-One
IMO there is no point in doing so until a third crossing is being seriously considered. Given how major any bridge structure would be, it would make sense to combine a rapid transit line and new road crossing into a single project.
If you want that to happen, well, you got a few road blocks to go through first, especially the city of Vancouver and the province
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The Only 3rd crossing that might happen is a third crossing at Burnaby Mountain- a horrible place for a transit Line.
We can increase the speed of the Seabuses to 45km/hr with new fast Seabuses, and bring in a commuter Rail from Horseshoe Bay to Waterfront, the only new development required being a wye, and maybe a higher bridge or tunnel across 2nd Narrows (as to no longer be a drawbridge).