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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I wonder if the posters' house locations would provide interesting insight to the varied positions they hold on routing/stops/line length?
For instance, I can surmise Ken does not live near 9th ave or 64th ave, and probably lives farther north and would be impacted by a larger travel time. Calgarygeologist probably lives in the deep south, hence wanting the train to run to Seton, but only make it as far north as Beddington. Am I close? Not meaning to offend here, just curious.
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Nope, no offense taken. I actually live in the deep SE, so I doubt I would ever take the North leg of the green line. I would benefit from the SE leg going all the way down to Seton, but would understand if that leg has to be built later. I can appreciate trying to get the central part of the Green Line done "right" the first time.
Part of my issue is seeing so many stations that are so close together. Let's take an extreme example. If the current south line only stopped at Sommerset, Chinook, and then downtown- with an 80 km/h speed with no stops for traffic, and a 2 minute stop at Chinook, you could go from Sommerset to downtown in around 20 minutes. With that being so much faster than driving, many more people would do it. But adding in 9 more stations along the way, that adds 18 minutes (at 2 mins per stop) and almost double the travel time.
If we can get rid of a couple of stops that may be under utilized, we could add a level of efficiency to the entire line.