It is worth noting that many of the buses that will terminate their routes at the Marine Drive SkyTrain station will be electric and immensely more quiet than diesels. The Main, Oak, Granville, and Arbutus bus routes are all electric. Only the Cambie and Marine Drive routes are diesel. Of course the odd diesel bus makes a run on the former routes but they are the exception to the rule. It is also likely that near the end of service each day there will be electric buses making their way home to the transit centre by the Arthur Lang bridge and it is plausible that they could carry passengers all the way to the Marine Drive station before dead-heading the rest of the way. One last thought, to put 1,100 bus movements per day into perspective, the old Granville St transit mall downtown had more than 2,000 movements per day.
I like this project. Busby Perkins + Will are on fire these days and if they start handing out joint EcoDensity-RAIC awards for advancing sustainable architecture they should be at the top of the list.
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