!!!Light Railway get approved!!!

[xiaomei]

this is a great news that Light Railway get approved (12:11).

cheers for all people who support LRW!!!

 

[xiaomei]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2006/12/06/lrt.html

Ottawa light rail goes ahead ― but not downtown
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 | 5:32 PM ET
CBC News
Ottawa city council will be building its north-south light rail line after all ― or most of it anyway.

On Wednesday, the council voted 12-11 in favour of a lighter light rail contract that cuts off the downtown portion of the route, along with about $70 million of the cost.

The shortened north-south light rail line will run from Barrhaven Centre to Bayview transit station on LeBreton Flats, just west of downtown

The line will still be designed, built and operated by the same group of companies that were in the original version of the contract.

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[northeast]

very good news

 

[6rent]

otrain就是一个失败~~~

现在整个light rail估计也是个失败~~~

脑子有毛病了~~~

 

[northernwolf]

最初由 6rent 发布
otrain就是一个失败~~~

现在整个light rail估计也是个失败~~~

脑子有毛病了~~~

所以政客们的许诺永远是靠不住的。
给现在的市长记上一帐。

 

[功夫]

简直是迫不及待

 

[甘心替代你]

不错，可以缓解95路

 

[1784]

only care about when the shut down will be

 

[waterloo]

This is not the end of the story.

However, that is not the end of it. Both the Provincial and Federal governments agreed to give $200 Million each to the project subject to the completion of ridership and cost benefit studies. Those studies have been completed but they do not present a very favourable picture for the light rail project. Fewer than 5,000 new riders would be attracted to public transit by this line and it seems that barely 100 cars per peak hour would be removed from our roads. While it seems that the Provincial Government will take the position that the studies' results are Ottawa's business there is some hope that the Federal Government will take a more serious look at these results and pull back their money. If you would like to see the light rail project stopped contact your federal and provincial representatives. They now hold the key.

So, write letters, make phone calls.

 

[胖蹄阿克]

最初由 waterloo 发布
This is not the end of the story.

However, that is not the end of it. Both the Provincial and Federal governments agreed to give $200 Million each to the project subject to the completion of ridership and cost benefit studies. Those studies have been completed but they do not present a very favourable picture for the light rail project. Fewer than 5,000 new riders would be attracted to public transit by this line and it seems that barely 100 cars per peak hour would be removed from our roads. While it seems that the Provincial Government will take the position that the studies' results are Ottawa's business there is some hope that the Federal Government will take a more serious look at these results and pull back their money. If you would like to see the light rail project stopped contact your federal and provincial representatives. They now hold the key.

So, write letters, make phone calls.

这些数据是哪里来的?
如果只能增加5000个rider
每个rider的cost就是
1B/5000=200K,够高的

 

[xiaomei]

"If you would like to see the light rail project stopped contact your federal and provincial representatives. They now hold the key.

So, write letters, make phone calls."

Also If you support light rail project, please write letters, make phone calls too!!!!! I will do tommorow

 

[Bob]

wtf

 

[mooncake]

恐怕现在的计划是最差的一个选择。Barrhaven 不能直接到downtown,要修downtown地铁还要500M,东西轻铁更成了水中花。要是都修完了，property tax至少得翻两番。
不过省了70M应该够加工资用，倒是可能兑现不加税的承诺。不过相当于cut了service.

 

[cvictor]

？

 

[william11]

^_^, 您老又错了...

最初由 CS2004 发布
有些人就是幼稚,以为换个市长就不修LRT.记住:政治的基础是经济,只要有钱,什么都能发生.现在的计划不伦不类,大家高兴了吧! 太天真!

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