07-19-2017, 09:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-19-2017, 09:18 AM by danbrotherston.)
(07-19-2017, 08:13 AM)timio Wrote:(07-19-2017, 07:29 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Another letter to the editor this morning from someone involved with the Stop LRT Preston group, again making it clear they oppose LRT anywhere in Preston (calls for it to meet the sprawling areas around Toyota and Maple Grove), as well as continues to claim that 90-100 buildings will be demolished.
https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/...r-foolish/
A number of years ago when the opposition to Phase 1 was trying to up it's rhetoric, one person wrote a letter to the editor suggesting that world class cities only have subways and not light rail. I wrote in response that London and Paris must not be world class because they have light rail. It went unpublished, but the trend continues that ignorant people will make up facts to suit their interests.
It wasn't published? What standards exactly does the record use when publishing letters?!
On the other hand, I think it would not be terrible to push for a subway. Some may agree or disagree with this particular political tactic, but it's used pretty much everywhere in our society. You have the subway on the table for the same reason you have the 100 inch TV sitting in the store, so that people will buy the 60 inch TV, basically, you make LRT look like the sweet spot medium product which is what everyone really wants.