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Opinion: Time to double down on SkyTrain extensions in Vancouver, not Langley (dailyhive.com)
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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Basically

  1. pick a transport hub
  2. get it on the line
  3. build fucking express and freight runs too (see:NYC)

This is gonna suck as tsawassen and shipping is so far out there, but if we can rediscover the joys of shipping via metro like in the '40s, it'll become massively valuable.

Speaking of the 40s, we had the BCER back then for express commuter electric rail traffic all the way out to Agassiz I think. Let's do that again.