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Originally Posted by RED_PDXer
While I understand everyone at TriMet and most at Metro believe it will be BRT, I think it's a mistake to do anything less than light rail. East Portland has grown substantially and still has more room to grow. In addition, it's filled with low income population that would benefit from fast frequent transit. If TriMet and Metro don't do light rail, they should expect increasingly expensive operating costs to serve that area with 50-person capacity buses. My two cents..  |
There are buses that can hold more than fifty people if they to go with articulated options. 120-200 people per bus, depending on the model they go with. Frequency is more of a concern when it comes to operating costs if they use high capacity buses. Speed of the route could be improved over the existing 9 by only stopping at major transfer points and having ticket machines at the stations to allow multiple door boardings.