[scarberiankhatru]

Almost every suburban arterial can accommodate 2 additional lanes without sacrificing an inch of sidewalk space, and in many places that can be done even while keeping the fifth (turning) lane. Whether or not the city wants to create a street where people must walk on a sidewalk immediately adjacent to both the road and a backyard fence, though, is a different matter. The city would rather use this space for snow storage than consume it with traffic lanes...snow would render buses on streets like Birchmount useless if it were to lose its grass strips.

 

[andomano]

The city would rather use this space for snow storage than consume it with traffic lanes...snow would render buses on streets like Birchmount useless if it were to lose its grass strips.

Hence the inception of the metromelts, which are mainly reserved for use on the downtown streets.


Which of the LRT lines are you in opposition to then wag? I think that a large benefit of the LRT service that you're overlooking is that fewer vehicles are needed, which results in a cheaper operation of the line.

 

[andomano]

I vote to close this thread since these discussions have already been addressed in other LRT specific threads.