Sensible Move on NLRT

At a recent meeting, the Transportation Public Works Committee voted to have administration look to look other options for the LRT line to NAIT.  The option that was presented recommended knocking down several blocks of apartment houses by going down an alley behind 105 St.  The committee directed administration to look at sending the line straight up 105 
St, thus sparing the  apartment blocks. I fully support this idea.  The whole notion of sending the LRT up an alley, and destroying housing just to preserve some space for cars on 105 St was nothing short of perverse.  We should not demolish homes for LRT when not absolutely necessary.  LRT should be serving communities, not destroying them.  And if that means LRT has go down a major artery, and take space away from cars, then so be it.  We need to have a shift in thinking in this city, away from one dominated by cars to one dominated by transit.  Transit needs to be made a more viable and attractive option than cars if this city is to prosper and flourish.