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Originally Posted by UofC.engineer
Good point! I didn't really think that through.
I find that I'm very biased towards rail, I forget the benefits of a true BRT system
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The whole technology thing is always kinda fun. Let's see where it goes.
I don't necessarily think it's an unfair bias, thus a bias. There are tangible advantages with rail over even a true BRT. These are often just written off, dare I say, almost because of a BRT (true) bias; often stemming from it's easier/quicker (supposedly) implementation. In this light, context is everything. What I'm subtly getting at, were the portion of the 17 Ave SE line not problematic west of Deerfoot, is that we'd have to ask ourselves why not just go right to rail? We're already reconstructing an entire street. The stations are envisioned to be of fairly high quality and there will be signal modifications required regardless - the marginal cost between a busway and trackbed within that right of way is likely quite minimal. Again, the issue would be west of Deerfoot.
Interestingly, a big challenge with this project was the very constrained right of way. Although it may seem negligible, one benefit which would have been realized in this context, is that it could have shaved off some of the required right-of-way- say 0.5 to 1.0 m.
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