04-05-2025, 04:43 PM
(04-04-2025, 05:28 PM)ac3r Wrote: Just imagine how good it could have been...! :'P
Seriously? We had enough complaints about it during construction as it was. Do you think that people would have accepted cut and cover tunnelling along King Street, as you have depicted in the picture? It was hard enough to get the project passed and built with the current design. Yes, compromises were made, but the system is well-used and enjoyed by transit users. Sure, once or twice a year, there are problems caused by weather, but that is outnumbered by the disruptions caused by idiot car drivers who crash their cars into the trains. There are still people who call it a "white elephant" and complain that it cost too much to build, but those people are idiots who wouldn't ride an LRT if there was a station next to their house and another one next to their place of employment. It Waterloo Region was a European city, it would have had several lines built 30 or 40 years ago, not to mention fast inter-city trains between all the major cities in Ontario. It is too late to complain about what is already built. How about looking to the future and advocating for phase 2 and beyond.