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Originally Posted by para transit fellow
So you are going to throttle the entire red and blue lines and reduce the headways...
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Yes I would if that saves $2B that doesn't absolutely need to be spent in a new tunnel and can be used for the NC LRT. After all, to save $500+M the Green Line had no problem turning the Bow River crossing from a tunnel to 20th Av to a bridge to Centre Street then at-grade.
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Did anyone consider that such a schedule will cap Red Line and Blue line passenger capacity for the next 10 years? (or until someone digs a tunnel on 8 avenue?).
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With 4-car trains back, capacity will still be higher that what it is now. Peak hourly ridership today is lower than it was 10 years which is how Transit can get away with running 3-car trains without that much problems. The issue about 7th Av capacity is from 2014 before the significant loss of DT jobs and new commute patterns from COVID wrecked growth projections.
