Here is a map I created showing a fully built-out BRT system for Saskatoon.
A few notes:
1. It's just hypothetical.
2. The central station would be at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 23rd Street downtown (roughly where the bus mall is now).
3. The map follows the idealized system mentioned in the following article:
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/going+work+will+cost+expert/8698923/story.html It would include raised stops, although I think that fares should be paid to enter the stations, in a similar way that you do to access subway stations. That way, it makes for less hold-up while boarding the buses; you just walk on because you've already paid/scanned your card.
4. Non-BRT buses would cycle through the neighbourhoods with frequency to pick up riders and drop them off at BRT stations (I tried to space stations at key intersections that would serve multiple neighbourhoods, and at places near malls or suburban centres). In employment areas, like the north industrial, non-BRT buses would take people further afield once they got off at a BRT station.
5. Blue line: runs from the central station generally west along 22nd. Stations moving westbound from there would be, respectively, at Idylwyld, at Avenue H (using Jamieson St and railway ROW before getting back onto 22nd), at Avenue P, at Confederation Mall (requiring deviating off 22nd and making a tunnel under Circle before emerging at the mall), at Betts Avenue, and then terminating at a station at the intersection of proposed neighbourhoods in the Blairmore district.
6. Red line: runs from the central station generally north along Idylwyld. Stations moving northbound from there would be, respectively, at Idylwyld (shares with blue line), at 33rd Street (by SIAST), at 39th Street (I wouldn't even want to begin throwing in a station at Idylwyld and Circle), near the 51st Street overpass, and 60th Street (near Credit Union Centre). Eventually, the red line can be extended to Martensville.
7. Yellow line/loop: runs from the central station in a loop covering north industrial areas and northeast Saskatoon. It makes use of 3rd Avenue, railway ROW next to Warman/Wanuskewin Road, the proposed parkway bridge connecting Marquis and McOrmond, Central Avenue, 108th Street, university land, and Queen Street. Stations moving northbound (and clockwise around the loop) from the central station would be, respectively, at Queen Street, at Assiniboine Drive, at 51st Street, at 60th Street, at Marquis Drive, at the proposed intersection of Central Avenue and McOrmond Drive (requiring crossing the parkway bridge), at Fedoruk Drive, at Attridge Drive, at 108th Street (then along 108th Street to the university), at a stop perhaps near the roundabout of Perimeter Road and Innovation Boulevard (then traveling across a new bridge dedicated for buses, emergency vehicles, and pedestrians), and running down Queen Street to complete the loop. Eventually, a spur line can be extended to Warman from the Marquis station.
8. Green line: runs from the central station generally east on 8th. Stations moving eastbound from there would be, respectively, at Victoria Avenue (after crossing a rebuilt Traffic Bridge), at Clarence Avenue, at Preston Avenue, at Acadia Drive, at Boychuk Drive, and then terminating at a station at the intersection of proposed neighbourhoods in the Holmwood district (roughly where McOrmond Drive meets 8th).
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So excited!
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