As much as I don't like Gordon Campbell, nor the ex-mayor Sam Sullivan who oversaw the project... and despite all the bungling that was involved... and kindly set aside for a moment the fact that a very necessary transit line got shelved as a result of this being rammed onto TransLink's agenda...
There is something to be said for how Vancouver can promise they will have a new transit line, and have it operating in 4 years. Toronto is still debating transit corridors that were first proposed decades ago.
Or how Portland can approve a new transit line in 2006, lay down the new downtown tracks by summer 2007, start service in the autumn of 2009, and propose the *next* line in 2010.
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There is something to be said for how Vancouver can promise they will have a new transit line, and have it operating in 4 years. Toronto is still debating transit corridors that were first proposed decades ago.
Or how Portland can approve a new transit line in 2006, lay down the new downtown tracks by summer 2007, start service in the autumn of 2009, and propose the *next* line in 2010.