Good points ByeByeBaby. I also agree with all points to various degrees. One station on each radial line must be selected as a cross-town hub, and selection of the line needs to be based on where travelers are destined, growth potential, and potential for crosstown ROW. These are:
S-Chinook
W-Westbrook
NW-U of C
NE-PLC/Sunridge/Rundle
Hubs on the NC and SELRT are less clear at this time, and although ostensibly 16th Ave/Ctr St N and Quarry Park, respectively, could probably be somewhere esle if it suited crosstown alignment.
I agree here too:
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Originally Posted by polishavenger
I think the 800 lb gorrilla in the room that nobody is addressing is that regardless of the fact that you add a 4th car to the train and run them every 5 minutes, without an express system, you have major inefficiency in the system. Since the vast majority of people along the entire systems are heading to the core, the further this city sprawls, the faster and faster the trains fill up rendering them useless to commuters closer to the core.
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One major thing that was not included in the plan was any form of regional rail or express system, whether LRT, transitway, or commuter heavy rail. We are a city with all stoptreins and no sneltreins. The limitations of the C-train are choking growth, and even 5-car trains and a Stephen Ave Metro will not work at alleviating congestion forever. What we need in a sneltrein option that follows existing rail ROW and converges downtown with an HSR station. For example:
High-River-Okotoks-Somerset-Anderson-CHINOOK-DT
Airdrie-Balzac-Airport Trail-Greenview-DT
Strathmore-Langdon-Southhill-DT
Banff-Canmore-Cochrane-Bowness-DT
I'm not saying all lines and regional rail stations need to necessarily be built all at once, but flexibility and accommodation are key. These also need to stop at crosstown hubs, which in the south are Chinook, Anderson, and Somerset. Rush hour express service from downtown to those three stations would already be popular if implemented today. People come from all over the region to visit Chinook and Southcentre, not Heritage.
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