tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post5602365146740381978..comments2023-10-28T01:08:17.601-07:00Comments on David Talks/The Berner Monologues: Open Letter to Senor MonumentoDavid Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-52985253666504257382008-11-30T19:53:00.000-08:002008-11-30T19:53:00.000-08:0030 November...David: I, too, saw the Global TV cov...30 November...<BR/><BR/>David: I, too, saw the Global TV coverage of the Cambie Street destruction zone...and Susan Heyes being interviewed. What really gets me now, is that Campbell, Falcon and CanLine apologist Alan Dever, seem to think that if an entrepreneur moves to another location and begins to build another sucessful business, everything's solved and OK. That's absolute rot. The monies already lost (stolen) from their bottom line stays lost until it is repaid. I applaud those business owners who are suing, and hope they can stick with it. If they ever manage to elbow their way into court through the wall of taxpayer funded lawyers, I am convinced this 3-4 year mess will be found to be a flagrant abuse of public power.<BR/><BR/>Canadians better wake up, and wake up in a hurry - this country's governments are fast becoming rotten from top to bottom.<BR/><BR/>Liz J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-84165967384584106762008-11-30T02:04:00.000-08:002008-11-30T02:04:00.000-08:00Saw on the news last night that Susan Hayes is ope...Saw on the news last night that Susan Hayes is opening a new store. I believe it was reported that it will be on Main Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-79272752982423335062008-11-29T20:50:00.000-08:002008-11-29T20:50:00.000-08:00DavidI drove down cambie street tonight and notice...David<BR/>I drove down cambie street tonight and noticed a "going out of business" sign in the window of Susan hayes's store hazel and Company. I was very sad to see this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-55816682684218689492008-11-29T07:23:00.000-08:002008-11-29T07:23:00.000-08:00David, what has happened to the Cambie St. merchan...David, what has happened to the Cambie St. merchants and residents is despicable. Everyone who knows anything about cut and cover construction knows that it devastates business along its route. When one includes compensation packages to those effected, cut-and-cover construction costs rival that of bored tunnel!<BR/><BR/>But that is not the whole story. The cost of RAV has escalated from an original $1.3 billion to over $2.5 billion. In a desperate attempt to save money four major design changes were made.<BR/>1) Switch from bored tunnel to cut and cover.<BR/>2) Switch from SkyTrain to a conventional metro system ( incompatible with SkyTrain)<BR/>3) Station platforms only 50 metres long and can only accommodate a 3 car train.<BR/>4) Single tracking the line on sections along #3 road in Richmond.<BR/><BR/>The switch from bored tunnel to cut-and-cover is much cheaper if compensation is not paid.<BR/><BR/>The switch to a conventional metro meant that cost savings could be made by not installing the reaction rail needed for SkyTrain's LIM's. Bombardier Mk.2 cars are also more expensive than ROTEM's metro cars.<BR/><BR/>Smaller 50 metre stations platforms means that capacity is constrained to a maximum of about 15,000 persons per hour per direction, which create two important issues: A) To enlarge the stations, cut-and-cover must once again be used on Cambie St. B) The capacity of RAV is constrained to about 15,000 pphpd, which is less that if simple & much cheaper LRT were to be built either on the Arbutus or Cambie St.! In simple terms any streetcar line (dual track) can accommodate upwards of 20,000 pphpd, yet RAV, constrained by design changes can only accommodate 15,000 pphpd - Yet RAV costs 3 to 4 times more to build than LRT!<BR/><BR/>Single tracking, save money on using less concrete but again constrains capacity of RAV in Richmond.<BR/><BR/>What RAV is, is very simple; a massive confidence tricksters game to satisfy Gordon Campbell's wish for a transit P-3, to sell to the media and the voters. Falcon is just monkey, doing what the organ grinder wishes. The really sad part of this dreadful tale is that RAV is not a P-3, never was, as it is just a Bre-X style bait and switch operation that Vancouver's media have all ignored!<BR/><BR/>RAV makes BC Rail Gate look like small potatoes indeed.<BR/><BR/>M.J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com