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Originally Posted by Uhuniau
The key limiting factor on the 12 is not the number of stops, its lack of transit priority on the route it runs. We could have had transit-linked traffic signals 20 years ago - this being the high-tech capital of the Ottawa Valley and all. And no one is willing to sacrifice parking or vehicular priority anywhere along the route.
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It's unusual that Ottawa doesn't have Traffic Signal Priority for emergency vehicles anywhere in the city, which would be a good starting point. Where I'm from (and where my parents live) the city just replaced their entire priority system, going from an optical emitter to a radio based system that can predict which way the vehicle will turn based on the turn signals on the vehicle. This system is fully compatible with transit vehicles in the future, should they ever choose to implement it.
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