Study likely to lay out ways to boost bus ridership from the Telegraph on February 27 , 2009 says
“The study will likely identify identify ambitious ridership targets for public transportation and lay out a plan to reach them. The plan may call for more bus stop locations, new routes and a faster service that would shorten passenger wait times.
The study may also identify a need for new walking trails and biking lanes, with a goal to provide the public with viable transportation alternatives to gas-guzzling cars and trucks.”
Also:
ACAP SJ has an active transportation component in their Marsh Creek Restoration Initiative in the form of trails along the Marsh Creek floodplain and behind Harbour Station to Haymarket Square. The challenge is for them to persuade the government that funding (from energy company environmental compensation money) AT trails is tantamount to wetland replacement when it comes to protection and sustainability of the reclaimed area. If these trails are permitted funding ACAPSJ, private companies and government can begin negotiating and aquiring the land needed and we’ll see several kilometers of trail sometime in the next 3 years.
There are some images of the MCRI - here showing trails as thin grey lines, just click on a thumbnail and then “All sizes” too zoom in.
