Alex Boston: Despite new mayors' promises, transit extensions require population density, sound business models, to work

It has taken a decade to get all three levels of government on board for a new rapid transit deal for Metro Vancouver. Just as we are about to leave the station, two incoming mayors — Surrey’s Doug McCallum and Vancouver’s Kennedy Stewart — have threatened to take us off the rails. The first advocates higher-cost SkyTrain over light rail. The second aims to extend the Millennium Line to the University of B.C.
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