Monday, April 22, 2024

New 57th Avenue bus route and Canada Line station in Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/mla-south-vancouver-new-57th-avenue-bus-route-canada-line-stations

The multibillion dollar Canada+Line is one of the best examples of the Greater_Vancouver areas reluctance to build propersize big city infrastructure. Perhaps starting out with a 2 or 3 car train joke could have worked for a while. However, all the stations should have been designed to eventually accomodate 8-10 car trains. 

It's so strange that the extremely underbuilt SkyTrain-Canada_Line was never envisioned to eventually reach the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal. Just like the Canada_Line should have gradually reached to the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal. However, that would conflict with the, Keep Vancouver Small agenda, which is part of the overall Backwater BC mentality. 

Unfortunately, the Canada_Line is like the middle section of an incomplete route. Even if the lack of funding was the main excuse, there is still no excuse not to have long range plans linking it to the Horseshoe_Bay_ferry_terminal and the Tsawwassen_ferry_terminal

The Canada+Line is a fine example of the lack of vision not only for Vancouver & Richmond, but BC & Canada in general. Indeed, with all the extreme building limitations & restrictions, it's just another case of congestive planning in BC.