Comments on: Streetcar Open House http://leftforledroit.com/2009/10/streetcar-open-house/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Fisher http://leftforledroit.com/2009/10/streetcar-open-house/#comment-1181 Matt Fisher Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:18:25 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=23#comment-1181 I think rail opponent John Niles forgets that Toronto has a subway, the Viva BRT connects to the subway, and he should have included Ottawa's Transitway, the "envy of the world". I live in Ottawa, which is Canada's capital. That's according to BRT boosters who say that Ottawa, Curitiba, et al. have "better transit without rail". Fuck! I think rail opponent John Niles forgets that Toronto has a subway, the Viva BRT connects to the subway, and he should have included Ottawa’s Transitway, the “envy of the world”. I live in Ottawa, which is Canada’s capital. That’s according to BRT boosters who say that Ottawa, Curitiba, et al. have “better transit without rail”. Fuck!

]]> By: The Streetcars Have Landed || Left for LeDroit http://leftforledroit.com/2009/10/streetcar-open-house/#comment-50 The Streetcars Have Landed || Left for LeDroit Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:42:45 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=23#comment-50 [...] wrote earlier about the rebirth of DC’s streetcar system and even suggested our own alignment for a full-length Rhode Island Avenue [...] [...] wrote earlier about the rebirth of DC’s streetcar system and even suggested our own alignment for a full-length Rhode Island Avenue [...]

]]> By: John Niles http://leftforledroit.com/2009/10/streetcar-open-house/#comment-11 John Niles Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:19:09 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=23#comment-11 Stated in the essay: "Additionally, streetcars have higher ridership capacities and are better able to attract development to their routes— no one has ever marketed a property by noting its proximity to a bus stop, after all." What York Transit District -- serving the urban area just north of the City of Toronto, Ontario -- is now achieving with its Viva high quality bus system is a challenge to this statement. Check out http://www.yorkregiontransit.com/ and http://www.vivanext.ca/. Stated in the essay: “Additionally, streetcars have higher ridership capacities and are better able to attract development to their routes— no one has ever marketed a property by noting its proximity to a bus stop, after all.”

What York Transit District — serving the urban area just north of the City of Toronto, Ontario — is now achieving with its Viva high quality bus system is a challenge to this statement.

Check out http://www.yorkregiontransit.com/ and http://www.vivanext.ca/.

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