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Originally Posted by FactaNV

It wouldnt have been bad if they didnt put the cart before the horse. No infrastructure to enable the high turnaround that is needed. If they had built even queue jumps and demarcated bus only lanes I think it could have been successful, even before the big infrastructure was built. But as usual, do it on the cheap, another gorillion dollars to the cops.

The Blue line, the only one with real dedicated infra, is now late a third of the time, when "on time" means "not more than 5 minutes late", on a route that's meant to have <5 minute headtimes. The extension down Portage has basically made the system's only reliable line unreliable.

[bomberjet]

going on street in general is what makes it late. They should just adjust the schedule to make it not late anymore.

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

The Blue line, the only one with real dedicated infra, is now late a third of the time, when "on time" means "not more than 5 minutes late", on a route that's meant to have <5 minute headtimes. The extension down Portage has basically made the system's only reliable line unreliable.

Thats exactly what Im saying. There is zero infrastructure in that leg to support so-called rapid transit.

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by FactaNV

Thats exactly what Im saying. There is zero infrastructure in that leg to support so-called rapid transit.

I don't believe this system can ever be truly effective or successful without dedicated rapid transit lanes and the supporting infrastructure needed to make the spine-and-feeder network work.