[acottawa]

I'm not a big fan of extending the LRT outside of the greenbelt, the existing bus infrastructure is nowhere near capacity and there isn't enough traffic outside of rush hour to justify a reasonable frequency. That being said, I would certainly put Orleans (pop 108k) ahead of riverside south (pop 15k).

I understand that riverside south people were promised an lrt and are pissed off it was taken away, but lrt was massive overkill. The transit needs of the community are being provided with a ten minute frequency bus in rush hour and a 30 minute frequency bus outside of rush hour. I couldn't imagine any city in the world would build an lrt to replace a 30 minute bus service. Yes lrt is better at attracting riders than a bus, but it doesn't lead to exponential growth in transit use and with a low density, car oriented design of the community there was little room for transit growth