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Originally Posted by lostcarpark
(let's face it, on-street Metro in the city centre is not something we're looking for)
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Why not ? it would be a lot cheaper. Essentially what is proposed is not a metro but trams doubled up. As repeatedly remarked by frank mcdonald , if several tram lines were built through the city (4/5), then the city centre could be closed off to cars.
This was very successfully done in strasbourg , a city of comparable size and population.
After all the cost of this metro would build several lines. It might not be as sexy but frankly would be rooted in sense. The green line runs through the most populated part of the city and doesn't have the patronage required to justify a metro, so i don't see how a northside underground is needed. where are the numbers ?