We need rail rapid transit built before a massive wave of development hits North Vancouver and West Van, this transportation ...

One criticism of London’s light-rail rapid-transit dream — that once the tracks are down, they can’t be moved — makes city historian Joe O’Neil laugh.

Fantasy TTC map if all railway lines were rapid transit lines including proposed lines for 2031. The creator also posted a map of what it would look like with the addition of all the proposed lines.

Since the city has only completed one rapid transit line so far, Mayes said it makes sense to re-evaluate how best to move forward, noting Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton all have light rail transit.

BUS RAPID TRANSIT City staff are recommending a $500-million, bus-only rapid transit system, rather than the $880-million bus-light rail hybrid system city council had envisioned.

Council has debated light rail transit since at least the 1970s and eventually settled on bus rapid transit. The city completed the $556-million southwest rapid transitway corridor in 2020.