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Originally Posted by YYCguys
What is the typical industry-wide accepted spacing distance between stations? Is the location of the proposed Fisher Park station abiding by that standard?
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Appendix 1 of the 2nd document posted by ClaytonA gives a survey of spacing from other systems.
But really, the answer to that is going to be, "it depends on context". Look at Bloor subway in Toronto; many stations are merely 600 m apart. But outside nearly every such station is an urbain main street with retail, an "important" street in the grid carrying nice straight bus routes, low-mid rise density in some cases, and plenty of high density single/duplex family homes in every direction. And not just "close to" those stations, but literally right outside them, with no freeways to cross. In one sense, it slows down the system, but the overall usefulness of the system benefits.
Conversely, taking 600 m station spacing and continuously plonking that in the middle of Crowchild Trail would be bonkers.
To me, the case for Fisher Park feels a bit weak without some higher density of commercial or residential being at least hypothetically possible.
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