Kanata LRT EA - Bayshore to Palladium

[roger1818]

Originally Posted by HighwayStar

Can we please ask the very basic question of, “how many people outside of the 9-5 PS commuters will actually use a train to get from Kanata to downtown?”. Sure.. easier to get to Algonquin, Bayshore, etc, but the 2 Billion $ question is…. do we *really* need all that capacity from 5am to 1am?

The "2 Billion $" is for the entire Moodie to Hazeldean Rd extension. As mentioned in post #1222, the segment from Moodie to Terry Fox was estimated to cost $710 million, which is good value for money as I indicated in the following post:

Originally Posted by roger1818

If you consider it is about 6.4 km from Moodie to Terry Fox and about 3 km from Terry Fox station to Palladium and 1.9 km from Palladium to Hazeldean, we end up with the cost per km as follows:

1. Moodie station to Terry Fox station: $110.94 million / km
2. Terry Fox station to Palladium station: $213.33 million / km
3. Palladium station to Hazeldean station: $263.16 million / km

From that, we should only do Moodie station to Terry Fox station.

Having fast frequent service to downtown from a central location with ample parking will make it easier to use during evenings and weekends (when the connecting bus service isn't as good).