http://saitjournalism.ca/thepress/2017/1...brt-welcomed-by-students-at-sait-u-of-c/
Interesting as IIRC the MRU students were involved with the SW BRT, but there appeared little or no engagement/advocacy from the U of C SU or SAITSA.
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... The BRT will be a limited stop bus service that operates in regular traffic lanes but will include transit priority measures such as queue jumps and priority signals at intersections, which will keep the buses running on time, said Stevens. ...
Once completed, the North Crosstown BRT will operate seven days a week with buses running every 10 minutes during peak hours. ...
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It's an express bus, not a BRT - limited stops, nicer stations. From the second quote, is this only going to be a rush hour service? This makes it much less useful for students and shift workers at Foothills who wouldn't necessarily have travel demand during rush hour. Is rush hour only service the result of the North Crosstown's budget getting halved? My impression was that the 90 Ave SW overpass for the SW BRT/S Crosstown budget impacted the two crosstown services. Community demanded more, city delivered more, other parts of city get less, community elements remain opposed. Funds are scarce resources.
Also a tweet out there mentioning significant bus route changes due to service cut backs and primary transit network expansion. It'll be interesting to see how it changes by 2019/2020.
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