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Originally Posted by ClaytonA
The big thing missing to me is how the Green Line will affect ridership; how much ridership will it divert from the South and NW lines?
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Diversion from other lines will be minimal, because the catchments to downtown are essentially isolated. In other words, most of the way along the green line, it is faster to ride existing transit (slow thought it is) or even walk to downtown than to ride to 201 and transfer downtown. The exceptions to this rule are those who drive from outside Calgary to park and ride, who might start using the greenline instead of 201. There are also some who ride from the southeast to Somerset or Heritage, but fortunately these poor souls are few.
I think the NC leg will quickly use up 4-car capacity. The current bus commuters in that direction alone probably competes with 202 numbers.
There's also a phenomenon that adding capacity anywhere to a network increases activity everywhere. I think routes like 19 will become even busier.
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