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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
I am totally bewildered by this discussion. Some are missing the point.
While most from Ottawa will have a single transfer to reach downtown using the Confederation Line, what we are suggesting would add a second transfer if they are coming from Gatineau, otherwise the entire Rapibus route network will need to be abandoned and returned to direct service from every neighbourhood. I am sure that will not work with a Bayview bus terminal (too many different routes),
When it comes to sending some routes to Bayview and some to continue to downtown Ottawa, how do we chose which routes go where? Surely the routes that go to Bayview will be much less popular because it is not a major destination in itself and because of the present STO network, there is little Gatineau ridership going deep into Ottawa.
Then there is the issue of who pays for large numbers of Gatineau riders to use the Confederation Line ? As an Ottawa taxpayer, I will not be too pleased to be subsidizing Gatineau riders and filling our trains. Unifying our transit system seems to be the only way that this would be reasonable and I don't see that on the horizon.
It is laudible to want to remove buses from downtown Ottawa, however, we kid ourselves if we think that new unfilled road space will be filled by pedestrians and bikes. We are actually mostly making room for more cars and trucks. Perhaps, if we make transit too awkward, this may be a blessing.
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Good post.
The whole issue of not wanting "the other guy" to have fewer transfers - even if it's just in theory or optics - smacks of the proverbial fish who's pissed off that he's not getting a bike while his best friend who is a human boy is getting one.
The contrast isn't as great between transit users on different systems of course, but the analogy still applies.
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