Do not believe the light rail announcements. The Alex Fraser Bridge was promoted as a solution to congestion and as a future light rail corridor.

Neither has happened.

This is what's known as a greenwash.

Twinning the Bridge will be the final nail in the coffin of livability of the Valley. Fight for transit improvements only.
pierre rovtar | 02.02.06 - 11:08 am | #

I heard Kevin Falcon on CKNW today, and he mentioned that the new bridge would have decking space available for transit vehicles. He made no specific mention of rail of any kind.
I hope that he simply overlooked this absent mindedly.

I believe that standard steel rail is absolutely the only way to go for public transit out into the valley. Standard track rolling stock (Go Train or whatever)would avoid being locked into any one manufacturer. Standard track roadbed at grade level is the cheapest, and the fastest to lay down, when at grade level. The whole project could not take longer than the biggest overpass or tunnel.
methinks | 02.04.06 - 11:50 pm | #