West LRT Final Bus Network
The feeder bus network that will be in place when West LRT opens has been endorsed after going through a couple years of drafts and public consultations. Here it is below:
from:
http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/west_lrt.html
As some may recall, there was originally going to be a new BRT route (which was actually a new routing of the 301 connecting with the north central leg of that route) which would go to MRU. Due to operational budget cuts, this will not be going ahead at this time and likely not until at least 2014 when bigger budget talks come up again. The other BRT route between Westbrook Station, MRU and Heritage Station will still be operating when West LRT opens. Here is a recent news article discussing the route and why it will not be going ahead at this time.
Quote:
Express Bus Service to MRU delayed
Other Link Going Ahead
By Jen Gerson, Calgary Herald February 27, 2012
One of the two dedicated bus routes slated to serve Mount Royal University has been put on hold due to budget woes.
Although a third of MRU students use transit to attend the southwest school, city officials have long ruled out a light-rail stop, saying that section of the city would be difficult and expensive to serve except by buses.
Instead, the city proposed two express bus routes, which would have right-of-ways, higher capacity and fewer stops.
One route is still on schedule. That one will connect the Heritage LRT station to Mount Royal and the new Westbrook stop when the western section of the LRT opens.
However, Neil McKendrick, the manager of transit planning, said the plan to convert Route 18 to an express service has been put on hold until 2014.
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"We don't have sufficient operating funds to operate both of those routes that we promised," McKendrick said.
Although the route may be resurrected in a few years, it was disheartening news to the school's president, David Docherty.
"Am I disappointed? Yeah. Am I blaming Calgary Transit? No. I understand the economic reality they're facing," he said.
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