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Gridlock, not vision! That was the answer Vancouver transit people gave when I asked how they had the vision to create such an efficient and user-friendly transportation system. That was in 1983 when we, as UTA board members, were considering the creation of light rail that is now TRAX. FLEXTRANS, designed to assist those with disabilities, was also part of the system.
Vancouver's system included an elaborate and synchronized array of buses, light rail and ferryboats. They said they had no choice but to change, as they did not have the luxury of the federal highway system the United States had created. Their city was laid out in a grid with automobiles inching along the city streets. Organizations move by one of two ways: leadership or crisis. It was the gridlock crisis that moved them. They found that wherever light rail was built, the area became revitalized with business and people.See the full content of this document
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Mass-Transit Vision Will Help Utahns
Twenty-three years later, we have city-, county- and state- elected officials putting their parochial interests aside to create a comm...
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