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In article <4mmicj$3s@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, petert@unixg.ubc.ca (Peter Thomas Chattaway) writes:
-> Stephen Holland (holland@geop.ubc.ca) wrote:

-> : What UBC really needs is a SkyTrain, or some other
-> : sort of LRT running out to it with busses feeding the LRT line.
 
-> It more or less has that with the 31, though.

The 31 is not a substitute for some form of LRT.  The 31 only runs
during rush hours.  The 31 doesn't stop west of Oak.  The 31 runs
infrequently.  It is a good way to get from UBC to the Commercial
SkyTrain station and back, but it is almost useless as a way for
getting from one point on Broadway to another quickly.  Ideally
Broadway needs LRT that stops at every major intersection between
UBC and at least the SkyTrain station, and ideally continues out
to Burnaby and Coquitlem.  The Broadway corridor is one of the
most heavily travelled routes in the Lower Mainland and contains
several of the larges commuter destinations in Vancouver.  It is also
and area with considerable potential for growth.  An LRT (or subway,
or skytrain, or whatever) line would reduce travel times and 
make area along the route more livable.

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