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Originally Posted by para transit fellow
Why would Calgary continue to operate a BRT alongside an LRT line?
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In A2 they have LRT to 16th ave and buses continuing to run from the northern communities to downtown per the alignment sheet
In B2 you just have BRT for both North and South.
In A2 they say the northern operating cost is 6 million, in B2 the cost of Northern BRT is 56 million.
So if this is an accurate comparison running the BRT between 16th ave and downtown costs 50 million a year. This does not make sense if running the rest of the BRT network costs only 6 million in A2. What is most likely happening here is the BRT costs for the existing transit is not being considered in A1 and A2 and the BRT in B2 does not get credit for the replacement of existing buses.
Either way there is no way that the same BRT service level is being compared in A1 and A2 vs B2.
To answer your question though the alignment sheet for A2 shows continuing Bus service all the way to downtown so they planned on running BRT from the North to downtown for the selected option.