Quote:
Originally Posted by J.OT13
Agreed. Stage 2 South is a very poor replacement of the 2006 plan (flawed downtown section aside) and doesn't really do anything for existing riders. That said, major TOD projects along Line 2 (and Line 1/3), along with the new Civic Hospital, will be a major boost to ridership. I suspect we'll be back to 2019 ridership levels within 10 years, bar any major service cut beyond what has already been implemented. Line 2 will probably match 2019 ridership within a year.
|
I am hoping we can get back to prepandemic ridership levels in 3 to 5 years especially if we can invest in improving bus reliability in general and frequency on key corridors. But it seems, we just keep going backwards on bus reliability. It is a no-brainer that Line 2 ridership should rebound quickly. R2 was not very dependable and there is pent up demand from Carleton students. If we could just get the Baseline project going again, which would be Ottawa's version the West Finch project. Fast, frequent on Baseline will be a ridership winner.
Threaded Mode