Calgary Public Transit II

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Originally Posted by Robert in Calgary

2. Once it reaches the Crossroads Market, I would actually like the SE LRT to turn towards the Stampede and I would like a new Stampede station to serve South/NW and SE/Centre Street at a minimum

The station at 4 st SE, beside the underpass, will be two blocks away from the start of the Stampede Trail retail development. So, SELRT will improve access to stampede considerably.

Originally Posted by fusili

I would disagree. 6 radial LRT lines should be pretty good, provided they are high capacity. The rest can be circular and crosstown BRTs and some smaller radial and circular streetcars. I think about 10 BRTs and 6 street car routes would do the trick.

Agreed 100%

Originally Posted by Koolfire

A better project would be the 8th Ave Subway which could increase service dramatically on the South line without even having to go to 4 car length stations.

Unfortunately, years of not building transit have made all of these projects desirable. We need the subway, the 4 car trains, and the two new lines. By 2020 if possible.

Originally Posted by Koolfire

Interesting though, what if the SE/NC LRT is built as a transit way first. It's something that hasn't been consider up to now.

Look at Ottawa as an example of what can go wrong if you build transitways first and convert later. It cost them a lot, and there was quite a lot of debate. Where would you put a NC transitway anyways?

Originally Posted by Robert in Calgary

I would sooner see a Anderson/Douglas Glen LRT connection with more money going into downtown work. This is 7.2 km vs SE LRT, 13.6km from 10th Ave/2nd St. SW to Douglas Glen.

http://beta.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/25061616/

or, a crosstown route I've been advocating for years.

http://beta.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/21502232/

These would be better as BRT, at least at first, especially since they can be implemented soon.

Originally Posted by Bassic Lab

The problem is that the city is not going to stop growing geographically. The SE suburbs will spread with the SE LRT or without it. The difference will be worse traffic congestion on vital roads, like Deerfoot, and suburbs oriented towards cars instead of transit. It is already as short a drive from outlying towns, like Okotoks, to Somerset-Bridlewood as it would be to the Seton-South Hospital station.

Agreed 100%