410 goes to
New West at 22nd; the RB is supposed to replace the 430 to Metrotown. At any rate, if neither were anchored to the SkyTrain network, the former would definitely not be #18; the latter has a town centre and might still be fine on its own.
There’s also the crawl down Hastings and north Willingdon, which eats up a lot of time; the 28 on Boundary fares equally bad.
Might be a good time to brush up on the rest of the metro’s politics: 2538 Birch and 4750 Granville were each approved only by a 6-5 vote, and 4 of Burnaby’s 9 councillors oppose the SFU gondola. Three urbanists, two reactionaries and two on the fence is above average by Vancouver standards.
Even if so (I’m seeing LL’s zoning being marginally larger),
the rest of the town centre is much larger than the “village core,” and definitely denser than 1.75 FSR.
Also, there's two arterials that each lead straight down from Edgemont to the Lower Levels. The only reason there’s currently no buses on Edgemont/Fell (Capilano has the 240) is lack of commuters in the village (let alone traffic or congestion), which’ll be a problem no matter how many lanes you level the neighbourhood for. It's a fairly quiet area with empty roads.
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