David Staples: Residents know a better route for west-end LRT, even if council doesn't

We need LRT to run from the downtown to West Edmonton Mall. There’s no serious debate about that. Almost everyone agrees on this goal; certainly, everyone on city council and almost everyone who spoke at a public hearing Wednesday about the proposed LRT line down Stony Plain Road.
What has become increasingly clear, though, is that nine years ago when the city abandoned the fastest, shortest route to the west end, one that would have had the most passengers and caused the least disruption