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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
I am getting extremely angry that only comparison is between the status quo and the alternate service delivery model. I believe that the alternate service delivery model is unacceptable. We need a service delivery model that simply implements LRT and redesigns the bus network to properly accomodate it. Why are we implementing a proposal that increases walking distances and cuts service? And then to use this kind of unacceptable proposal to financially justify the implementation of LRT is infuriating. If we are expecting ridership to increase with LRT, why are we cutting bus routes that would feed into LRT?
My own community has 3 bus routes and this stupid proposal eliminates 2 of them and leaves half the community with no bus service and parts beyond the increased walking limits specified. Incidentally, those areas beyond the limit according to the city's map, are as the crow flies and not based on real walking distances. You are assumed to be able to walk across bodies of water where there is no bridge or across locations where no streets exist to get to the new 'better' bus network. Why should we pay our property taxes for this? Why should we pay for a LRT plan that is behind all of this that will at least be 10 km from our community at its closest point? The closest point being downtown itself.
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lrt's comment piqued my interest so I went and read the reports. Seems to be all about cost savings and cutting. Not much in there about improving transit service for citizens.
The dominant theme is: "we can cut our costs by X% and still only turn X% of our riders off of transit completely".
Another point I found interesting (sic) is the assumption that Gatineau buses will come off the Rapibus at Bayview, after which Gatineau passengers will have to transfer to take the train to downtown.
When one considers that the Rapibus is being built from the east end of Gatineau, this will require passengers to travel westward all the way across and beyond downtown Gatineau, across the river into the inner west end of Ottawa, and then transfer to the train to travel (close to half the distance they just travelled) back eastward into downtown Ottawa. Sort of like making Kanata passengers transfer at St. Laurent station in order to get to downtown Ottawa.
Once again, I am not sure if this is consistent with a goal having more people take transit via better service.
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