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Originally Posted by para transit fellow
A 350m walk is further than the distance between many of the stops on a regular bus route.
I think the most disappointing aspect of this type of thinking is that it ignores accessibility factors. 350 metre can be a long walk for some Calgarians
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What's an acceptable station spacing? I've always thought LRT stations downtown were too close to each other. Compared to a system like New York, where stations are a half mile (800m) apart, it feels like you're always stopped downtown.
400m walking distance to transit seems to be cited often online but I'm not sure on the basis of that.
Edit: I should add that I'm not trying to ignore accessibility factors but am genuinely curious on what is the standard. In a perfect world everyone would live within 100m of a train station. (Well, actually, we do and it's not all it's cracked up to be but that's another topic.) Realistically though there is a cost benefit analysis for station spacing. Anecdotally I feel like those with accessibility needs would be high transit users, so what do they do now when it comes to LRT spacing outside of the downtown core?