REM vs Eglinton Crosstown

[Guest]

On 8/6/2023 at 1:32 AM, August1991 said:

And the doors are like in Bangkok. They prevent people from suicide 

Some stations have just platforms, where you easily could. 

Most suicides I have seen in Asia, were jumping off bridges, hanging, or buildings. 

Jumping from a building, is sadly very popular.

I say sadly, as you can't unsee that.

Worse, if they second guess themselves but have already jumped, but then you deal with the screaming before the impact snuffing it out.

Let's just say I have seen it all, and leave it at that.

[eyeball]

On 8/1/2023 at 3:24 PM, herbie said:

But Vancouver's had SkyTrain since 1986 and it never had these torubles, never broke down even once in almost 40 years. And there's never a problem catching a ferry to the Island either..... And I have a bridge to sell you....

 

To the Island I hope.

We could use a ferry on Cameron Lake while you're at it.

[herbie]

BC's one screw up on joining Confederation was not demanding a link like PEI did. Soon to be a million people on Vancouver Island and ferries aren't gonna keep up with demand.
Though I concede the semi-isolation is part of the place's charm. I tried my best to post there years ago but you needed so much seniority you'd already be retirement age!

Thought the Bands along the lake here should buy the Queen of Surrey and run it up and down the lake between the reserves as a floating casino.

[August1991]

Bien dit.

"Jadis, les mains dans les poches, le badaud québécois pouvait s’émerveiller longtemps devant la nouvelle tondeuse d’un voisin. Un modèle à essence qui lui donnait le goût de catapulter le sien – celui avec le long fil branché au mur extérieur du garage – au royaume des objets désagréables et dangereux à utiliser. Bien qu’il notait que le modèle dernier cri pouvait mettre un peu plus de temps à démarrer, un constat s’imposait : vite chez Pascal se le procurer !"

https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroniques/2023-08-25/la-perfection-l-ennemi-du-rem.php

Edited September 2, 2023 by August1991

[TreeBeard]

On 8/10/2023 at 11:16 AM, herbie said:

BC's one screw up on joining Confederation was not demanding a link like PEI did.

A bridge to Alberta?   Confederation Bridge is between provinces.  PEI didn’t get a bridge because they demanded one before joining Canada.  They had ferries that satisfied the Feds’ obligations for a crossing. In fact, a bridge actually necessitated a constitutional change since it specified a steamship link, not a bridge. 

[herbie]

No PEI demanded a permanent link and that was only possible with ferries. The bridge was only built as the Feds determined it would be less cost in the long run.

BC had already merged from the two colonies here so couldn't really make that demand. So they demanded a rail link, a damn good demand as Canada as it is today wouldn't exist.
The ferry link as it is was nationalized by our "Free Enterprise" govt back in the days they weren't so snivelling chickenshit they'd abandon the best idea upon the first person whining about socialism....
 

* the latest bloody bridge across the Fraser cost like $5 billion, a link to Vancouver Island would take 25 years of just the studies costing that much. Trillion dollars and 200 years to complete would surprise no one here. End up as a Skytrain extension, with bicycle racks on every coach.
Take the ferry, PITA sometimes but a great trip to sit on deck on a sunny day.

Edited September 19, 2023 by herbie

[August1991]

On 9/19/2023 at 11:28 AM, TreeBeard said:

.... Confederation Bridge is between provinces.  PEI didn’t get a bridge because they demanded one before joining Canada.

In 1867, the first 4 provinces were Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scoria. And the Nova Scotia delegation then voted against!

PEI joined after BC.

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PEI has some 100,000 people? How much did the bridge cost?

[August1991]

I recently walked by the REM underground mess in Montreal.

I reckon the Crosstown error was to make it continuous, a single line.

I'm a federalist. Let's start, and see what works.

 

[August1991]

There are about 100,000 people in PEI.

It cost about $1 billion in 1993 to build the Confederation Bridge. The distance is about 9 km.

To cross the bridge, it costs $50 for a car. About 4000 cars cross daily

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I drove on the bridge once, years ago. I took the ferry back to Nova Scotia.

Edited June 22, 2024 by August1991