are still the utterly optimal way to serve the Westend... It is so optimal that the Canada line designer have purposely put YaleTown station on Davie, and CityCenter Station closer to Robson than Georgia (the emergency exist can be easily transformed in an additional one when time come)...why that? because geometry rules, always, ever That is new geometry, coming in town, a $2B geometry, is an inescapable one... and still people want to ignore it...but you can't go against it.. Like a landscaper designing nice convoluted footpath for people to enjoy...what you will obtain is just footstep trail in the grass, if you don't respect basic geometry Alas, people in favor of the closing of Robson seems motivated by a single issue agenda... and can't fathom the fact that transit can exist in a pedestrian priority space: it is like that all over Europe, as well as Australia, and even soon in Montreal normally. Richard and al: what is wrong with transit on Robson? you still fail to provide the beginning of an answer to that! First, I want to clear up some of the comments regarding motivations of those who want a public square. The Vancouver Public Space Network is hardly unfriendly to transit and takes transit seriously, and they have had discussions about how to solve the transit problem while also achieving the goal of a true pedestrian plaza downtown. A true pedestrian plaza is one where you can wonder the whole space without worrying about getting hit