Why building LRT is proving problematic for Canadian cities
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English - December 13, 2022 17:31 - 29 minutes - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPolitics News calgaryherald canada edmontonjournal montrealgazette nationalpost news ottawacitizen politics vancouversun Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
One of the main functions of governments, especially local governments, is building stuff.
And that stuff doesn’t get much bigger than mass transit projects. But what happens when those projects are hit with delays, operational problems, or even safety issues?
Ottawa Citizen reporter Blair Crawford and Edmonton Journal columnist Keith Gerein join me to discuss problems two major LRT projects in Canada, a scathing review into one of them, and how these issues could make it harder to get public buy-in on similar projects in the future.
Background reading: Report blames failures in leadership, 'deliberate malfeasance' for LRT troubles
Keith Gerein: Ottawa's LRT debacle may hold lessons for Edmonton's
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One of the main functions of governments, especially local governments, is building stuff.
And that stuff doesn’t get much bigger than mass transit projects. But what happens when those projects are hit with delays, operational problems, or even safety issues?
Ottawa Citizen reporter Blair Crawford and Edmonton Journal columnist Keith Gerein join me to discuss problems two major LRT projects in Canada, a scathing review into one of them, and how these issues could make it harder to get public buy-in on similar projects in the future.
Background reading: Report blames failures in leadership, 'deliberate malfeasance' for LRT troubles
Keith Gerein: Ottawa's LRT debacle may hold lessons for Edmonton's
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