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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker
Our LRTs are built to overcome chokepoints which constrain bus operations, to take advantage of capacity so we don’t have to build a lot of infrastructure to overcome those choke points, and to reduce operational cost.
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That's another way of saying they're built because of congestion...
As for operational cost, the Green Line manages to increase operational cost, not just in total but per rider as well. Defying any economic rational of increased efficiencies.
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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker
For your argument to hold weight you would have to look at the induced demand only for a high speed automated tollway.
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Yes, that is exactly what my argument is. An automated tollway that allows private vehicles would induce demand and would increase the number of private vehicles on the road in both cities, and thus would increase congestion.
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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker
Quite frankly in Alberta we build more capacity way earlier than we need to. Almost all the time, in Almost every circumstance. What we see as congestion would rarely rank as notable on traffic radio in other places. We are spoiled and we are rich enough to maintain our conveniences. It breaks down all sorts of imported lines of argument from elsewhere.
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I agree, congestion in Calgary is not bad compared to other cities. That's really neither here nor there though to what I was saying - that an automated tollway would definitely increase congestion. If we're talking just buses using it, that's another thing, but if you're doing that you'd have to ask why you wouldn't make those automated vehicles longer, give them an external electric power source, reduce their rolling resistance and make them much faster...