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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
Regardless of how Stage 2 works out, there's no substantial business case for higher order rail transit outside the Greenbelt. It's all diminishing returns. Costs go up. Ridership gains don't go up as much as the costs. Anything that happens beyond Stage 2 is simply about politics.
BRT in various forms are still there and are being built. Just not through the downtown core.
Gatineau has the same business case as Ottawa Stage One: eliminating hundreds of buses per day through the downtown core while increasing capacity. At minimum, it's a better returning proposal than anything on the Ottawa side at the moment.
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Diminishing returns is a reasonable assessment, however the Gatineau business case is not as good as you suggest, since Gatineau LRT only serves the Aylmer sector. I expect that Barrhaven, and Kanata-Stittsville have more population growth potential and the latter has more employment potential. The current Moodie Drive terminus is a terrible location for serving the Kanata population and employment node.
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