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Originally Posted by EdwardTH
But then wouldn't you still have like a dozen streets to cross at-grade? Is it really any faster than the dog leg if the buses have to stop at all those lights? I suppose you can sync them up when they detect a bus coming but it's also going to mess with traffic having all those new lights on the side streets 50 meters away from Pembina
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It's closer to 1/2 dozen as the city would close off 2-3 of the streets that would intersect the BRT. In addition, they would build a overpasse/underpass in the most congested areas, like they did with the dog leg route.
Having the BRT parallel the rail line would have provided service to the high density areas along Pembina, and the high school. Instead they built the route in an area where people use vehicles to commute. So not only esthetic BRT commute longer, but it serves less of its targeted population.