標題: How do drivers in the suburbs feel about Vancouver viaducts? [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-7-27 07:45 標題: How do drivers in the suburbs feel about Vancouver viaducts?
How do drivers in the suburbs feel about Vancouver viaducts?
City to spend next year further exploring idea of getting rid of them
Tamara Slobogean Jul 27, 2011 07:38:19 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - They serve as an important commuter corridor into downtown Vancouver for tens of thousands of drivers a day. As the city moves forward with a plan to tear down the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, News1130 is asking drivers in the suburbs how they feel about driving into the city.
We spoke with one man in Burnaby who uses the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts every day. He doesn't understand the logic behind the possibility of cutting off a major point of access to a regions till so dependent on the car:
"I think it's crazy because we're trying to advertise our [cities] as a place that's got some convenience to get in and out of."
"You take that away, how are you going to get in there?" wonders another driver.
There seems to be a school of thought that gives a thumbs-up to encouraging public transit and even cycling, but says you can't cut off access to much of the region that still relies on cars. Vancouver has decided to spend the next year and nearly $500,000 to study the best uses of the land that currently supports two viaduct作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-7-27 07:48
