Id image if the capital line ever gets those stops by 40th ave (between southgate and century park), and a stop between south campus and southgate, that the travel times would be even more similar. I appreciate that there are more frequent stops on the valley line that are not just in downtown.
I remember them mentioning they wanted to minimize impacts centrally so that the road isn’t closed for the whole span of construction. Lessons learned from Valley line SE
I think that's the City's plan though. The City Plan identifies a regional train along gateway that connects to the airport, not the capital line. If they do that, even MORE the case to build the central line, as the regional line would likely have an initial stop on/near Whyte.
I'm on team Central lrt connector. Our whole LRT system is not super functional without that connection (i.e. wem to u of a, whyte to dt, etc). I really hope they find a way to connect these lines together.
Not sure if this is controversial but I am starting to feel that I hope this tower ends up being much shorter than initially proposed. I hope something gets built, and that they can keep the interesting podium/valley interaction., but not sure if the height would be a net positive. 🙃
Agree those could be hood solutions. Hopefully the province will allow cities to do stuff like toll roads and additional types of levies for greenfield development but I'm not holding my breath 😢 I think what the city is looking at with smartfare, where people pay for the distance between their...