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Originally Posted by LanceUppercut
As a SE resident, If I'm at Ogden road and Deerfoot, I'm just driving the rest of the way to downtown. I would not waste my time parking and taking a BRT at that point.
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You'd already be on the bus, right from your own community. That's the beauty of BRT infrastructure...the vehicles can go off the dedicated routes.
What I'm envisioning is a Green MAX line (following the full route all the way down to South Health) running all day, AND express service busses for each community at rush hours (loop the main community drive, 1 stop along the 'green line', then straight to downtown).
Many different routes using the same time saving infrastructure.
The current train line has 7 additional trunk line stops compared to the express concept. I think a train will actually be a bit slower door to door, and a lot less convenient for most rush hour commuters. Green train will be far less functional (despite being more operationally expensive) for other users for the rest of the day.