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Fuzz · 11-15-2022, 12:16 PM

If you are thinking "well, a transit line to the airport makes a lot of sense!" Here are some ridership numbers.

https://www.calgary.ca/content/dam/w...ats-boards.pdf

So lets be generous and pretend we are Toronto, and will see 10 000 riders a day. Now lets look at the current bus ridership.

https://everydaytourist.ca/city-plan...the-green-line

40,000 a day. Now, the LRT will induce transit demand, so we can see that number being higher, I think I've read around 65 000 at opening day. So what is a better use of transit funds? Something Calgarians will use daily and move at least 6x more passengers? or something that will be used by Calgarians a few times a year?

Note even Montreal uses buses for airport access. This isn't a requirement to be a large city. The numbers and cost tell the story here, and it's a pretty short one. It will make sense when we can connect to the green and blue line.

11-15-2022, 12:16 PM	#970
Fuzz Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2015 Exp:	If you are thinking "well, a transit line to the airport makes a lot of sense!" Here are some ridership numbers. https://www.calgary.ca/content/dam/w...ats-boards.pdf So lets be generous and pretend we are Toronto, and will see 10 000 riders a day. Now lets look at the current bus ridership. https://everydaytourist.ca/city-plan...the-green-line 40,000 a day. Now, the LRT will induce transit demand, so we can see that number being higher, I think I've read around 65 000 at opening day. So what is a better use of transit funds? Something Calgarians will use daily and move at least 6x more passengers? or something that will be used by Calgarians a few times a year? Note even Montreal uses buses for airport access. This isn't a requirement to be a large city. The numbers and cost tell the story here, and it's a pretty short one. It will make sense when we can connect to the green and blue line.