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Originally Posted by FireFly
Meaning less stops but longer walks and more reliance on buses.
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I know this is an old post, but I want to chip in $0.02 on it...
A couple post below this post, someone mentions that one stop could have a common platform. Yes. That is the first thing. Second thing to consider is that when the stops are underground, you can have multiple walking tunnels to surface entrances/exits.
So I see what you're saying here, but sometimes a longer walk could actually save time. In Rome, for instance, most metro stops that are around busy intersections have 3,4,5 or 6 entrances and exits that will take you under the intersection and put you on the corner you want to be on. It'd be like Heritage LRT station having a walking tunnel that goes underneath Horton Road and McLeod Trail and puts you right on the London Drugs corner. No waiting for lights at McLeod to cross the street.
Apply that thinking downtown and it's easy to picture a few scenarios where less stops combined with more access tunnels to the stops would actually translate into faster commutes for transit riders than would more stops.
Of course, there are alot of gypsies and bums in those hallways. Gotta have a thick skin, you do.