Province gives Calgary money... council deciding what to do with it.

[Tinordi]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

We have a pretty good natural experiment in the transit line we just built. How many bus service hours were reduced when the west LRT went in? I haven't been able to find that number, and I think the reason is people would be shocked at how low the operational savings were from putting it in.

The operational savings of bus vs rail are drops in the bucket to the total cost of supporting motordom absent mass transit. You need to expand your scope to system costs.

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Tinordi

The operational savings of bus vs rail are drops in the bucket to the total cost of supporting motordom absent mass transit. You need to expand your scope to system costs.

Nope. Overpasses and road maintenance are free.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

We have a pretty good natural experiment in the transit line we just built. How many bus service hours were reduced when the west LRT went in? I haven't been able to find that number, and I think the reason is people would be shocked at how low the operational savings were from putting it in.

West LRT isn't a great case study for the green line, because its catchment aerea is kind of short and wide. Green line should have much shorter feeder routes compared to the length of the main line than the west LRT does.

[Bill Bumface]

Shorter spurs out of downtown are ideal. All building a station in Tuscany does is take cars off the road between Tuscany station and crowfoot, a road with loads of capacity. It also encourages people to move out past Tuscany.