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Originally Posted by agl
The main point about rapid transit is that it should be, well, rapid. To try and combine all the neighourhoods into one line as proposed is an incredible disservice to anyone living west of Vanier Road that's headed downtown. Someone hopping on the tramway/bus at the corner of Samuel-Eddy and rue Aylmer would have an 17km meandering route through le Plateau and Wrightville before ending up at Place du Portage, vs. a 10km trip along Taché, with no twists and turns.
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I measured the Plateau route, the difference is about 4.5 km, so let's say 15 vs 10 km. At an average running speed of 50kph that's a difference of 6 minutes. If, however the Taché route runs at a 40kph because of interaction with traffic and the Plateau route runs at 60+kph with little or no conflict with traffic largely because of grade separation, the difference is nil or better. Then there's reliability and susceptibility to vehicular collisions.
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