(05-03-2021, 01:46 PM)tomh009 Wrote: How does the image illustrate that the LRT is "slow as hell", though?
Look at the turn it has to make here. The LRT wastes so much time doing these extremely tight turns (something like 20+ of them) because they didn't tunnel or elevate any section of the network since they wanted to cheap out in order to guarantee it got built. The region knew the LRT would be a huge driver of economic progress through new development projects and they really wanted it to get constructed, but they tried to spend as little money as they possible could so they public would agree to pay for it. This resulted in this hybrid LRT-streetcar that moves extremely slow for a large part of the trip.
I've made the argument on here before that it was a stupid decision (and within the architecture and city planning community, I'm not alone). If they had tunneled or elevated it where it made sense to do so, it could actually manage to run at speeds close to 50-70 km/h and more people would use it. Why bother taking the LRT from say around Northfield Station to Mill Station if it's going to take you half an hour, when you could hop on the express way and do the same trip in 10 minutes? People going to work don't care about how good it is for the environment or whatever, they just want to get where they need to go as fast as they can possibly get there. Ideally, they could have started work on a smaller project to start with that did not in any way impede traffic, then expanded it as time went on.
(05-03-2021, 01:57 PM)Acitta Wrote: Why are the buildings only 6 storeys when almost every other development is tall buildings?
Not all projects need to be towering condo buildings. A nice mid rise project with lots of open space for residents is good as it provides a more human friendly environment.