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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I've been coming down this route for years. I know exactly how many people get on/get off, and where, and what the reduction of three buses is going to do. Add in the fact that Westbrook Station is going to be the feeder hub for a good chunk of buses, and you're going to get capacity issues.
I'd be willing to put money on this. I can immediately see that my commute is now going to be longer. Especially coming home when everyone leaves at 5 and we have to crowd the platforms with the Crowfoot line.
Prove me wrong.
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I wasn't refuting your commute time, I was refuting your constant claims that you won't be able to get on trains.
I already did prove you wrong - at least as much I can do before the thing opens - with projected ridership figures. The West line will be joined with the NE line. Take the proportion of the perceived crowding on the NE line and compare it proportionally to the projected ridership of the West line. That is how "crowded" the West line will be, which by my own categorization is "not overly" where the classic Tokyo example (which you've invoked) would be "extremely" a south line train at the height of the boom would be "very" and an empty bus tooling around Tuscany (not the real one, the ridiculously-named Calgary one) at noon on a weekday would be "not whatsoever."
West LRT just doesn't have near the catchment (area nor population) that the other lines have - especially the south line and probably never will.