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Originally Posted by Ducay
Agreed; you'll have NE-line level service to an area that is going to have much lower ridership.
Ozy, what does sharing a platform with Crowfoot passengers have to do with anything? You'll get to laugh at them while you board significantly less busy trains and unlike them, might even get a seat.
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Last I checked, West LRT doesn't have its own platforms - unless you suggest I wait somewhere else downtown at 5 o'clock seperate from Crowfoot LRT passengers?
My point with this is that right now, there is less crowds waiting for buses on the way out of downtown. It's going to get significantly more crowded now that we're funneling the bus crowd to the same platforms as all the other train passengers.
And I do strongly believe that Westbrook station is going to be a pinch point, especially, as frinkprof indicated, that the 69th street and Sirocco stations are going be funnelled the bus crowds more so.
I fully understand I will get on a train at Westbrook, but unlike being able to comfortably get on a bus and pick a bus that is less busy, I will likely be shoulder-to-shoulder with packed train-goers hoping to get on the next line.
Frinkprof, I don't dispute your facts - but predictions are all subjective until we actually see how the crowds are going to be managed in reality. I understand your optimism about the whole thing, but I personally don't see it happening. I don't think there's any way to change my opinion on this until I see for myself that the models are actually true.