<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Explore:
I now see the downside of the anti-auto policies I used to push (and hold Vancouver
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I don't think a YVR-FV link is needed but then again I am a geocentric Vancouverite.
Anyway, any highway building here will inevitably lead to more traffic congestion caused by suburban development ("build it and they will come" - a line coined by W.O. Mitchell). When the Alex Fraser bridge was completed 16 years ago, it suddenly caused traffic on the Massey tunnel to disappear. Now everything is clogged and traffic's growing.
If you are flying into YYC from the BAY area, you might consider taking a WJ flight from Abbotsford (YXX/YXY?) back to YYC.
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and in a metro area without extensive rail service and which tolerates a five-month transit strike. </font>
A take-no-responsibility city council.