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Originally Posted by OtrainUser
routes 88, 93,94 and 85 still serve downtown hull during peak hours and they do use the rapibus corridor so yes the previous poster was correct in his assessment.
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All of those routes work along Maisonneuve through Hull (serving Place d'Accueil) and only 93 uses any of the Rapibus corridor. None of those routes interact with the Aylmer/Plateau/Hull routes which plug up along Promenade du Portage, so I maintain my point.
Maisonneuve and Allumettières may be used by Rapibus routes, but it can't be considered Rapibus corridor and it is clearly the weak link in the system. Buses operate in mixed traffic with some HOV lanes, but are at the mercy of road conditions when trying to shift lanes in order to navigate the left turn at the intersection of those two roads, and again when attempting to enter the separate Rapibus corridor at Montcalm (Gatineau-bound). Ottawa-bound buses flow generally well at most times.
The segregated segments of Rapibus work fantastically well to the point that there would be little benefit to converting that to LRT at this time. It is the on-street routing around Ile de Hull that is problematic and unreliable.
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