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Originally Posted by someone123
I'm a bit worried that this inter-municipal service will be of very low value but allows the province to both pander to its more rural base and technically tick the box of doing something about transit in or around the city.
Transit demand is hugely slanted toward the urban core. That doesn't mean that people living farther out shouldn't get anything, but viable services may be limited, and services to outlying areas are maybe 10% of the overall picture.
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I knew that this would be the initial reaction, because it was mine. However, on second thought, if you watch traffic patterns, you will find that a lot of people commute to the city by car from communities far outside the city limits. Maybe not 100km, but easily 50km. It would be interesting to see, if half of those commuters used transit, how much better the traffic situation would be within the city, even better if combined with really good transit inside the city (which would also help motivate the rural commuters to use transit, knowing that they had great options to get around once they’re here).
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