Future Transit System Fantasy Ideas

[eternallyme]

How I would do it:

* Approve Phase 2 as proposed, except for the Bowesville link which would be removed south of Lester Road, replaced with an airport connection and a link to Gatineau via the Prince of Wales Bridge

* Phase 3 (2024-2031) would include Baseline to Barrhaven Centre, Bayshore to Kanata Centre and the Crosstown corridor, plus peak-only extensions via dual-mode trains (fully compatible with the other O-Train lines) to distant areas

* Phase 4 (beyond 2031) would include the Rideau-Montreal line (due to its high cost), Place d'Orleans to Trim, Airport to Barrhaven Centre via Riverside South and Kanata Centre to Fernbank.

* Corridors not mentioned would still be targeted for BRT corridors. The primary ones would be the cross-Kanata corridor (Kanata North to Hope Side Road), the Baseline corridor, the South Orleans corridor to name three. The Southeast Transitway from Hurdman to Heron would REMAIN a BRT corridor for crosstown use, from Heron to Walkley would be decommissioned, from Walkley southward would become part of the Rideau-Montreal line.

* Other than a Trillium Line (misnamed now?) extension to Terrasses de la Chaudiere, no corridors in Gatineau are identified, although if they desire there could be lines drawn there.

Working on a drawing for it now.