mdrejhon
Senior Member
It'll be an interesting discussion that will probably continue well into the 2020s when we debate where the next kilometer of Hamilton LRT should be most efficiently built.
While I believe B-Line is the ideal "starter LRT" for Hamilton due to the downtown, Mac, and GO stations, I agree now is not the time for a full-length A-Line and we might want to concentrate on a different route first. But that discussion feels half a generation away -- literally.
A-Line might not be useless by the 2040s -- By the 2030s, the demographics of the A-Line may have changed -- a full two decades from now. It's wholly possible the go-ahead occurs in the early 2030s, which means we might not have a fully-built A-Line until the early 2040s -- and only a few years later is the 2050s -- the middle of the century! By then, Hamilton Airport is a much more buzzing 'relief' airport for the GTHA, and medium-density and condo developments replace Walmart parking lots. That's almost a 1920s into 1960s jump -- from no TVs and mainly Model Ts, all the way to jet airplanes and the interstate freeway system.
While I believe B-Line is the ideal "starter LRT" for Hamilton due to the downtown, Mac, and GO stations, I agree now is not the time for a full-length A-Line and we might want to concentrate on a different route first. But that discussion feels half a generation away -- literally.
A-Line might not be useless by the 2040s -- By the 2030s, the demographics of the A-Line may have changed -- a full two decades from now. It's wholly possible the go-ahead occurs in the early 2030s, which means we might not have a fully-built A-Line until the early 2040s -- and only a few years later is the 2050s -- the middle of the century! By then, Hamilton Airport is a much more buzzing 'relief' airport for the GTHA, and medium-density and condo developments replace Walmart parking lots. That's almost a 1920s into 1960s jump -- from no TVs and mainly Model Ts, all the way to jet airplanes and the interstate freeway system.