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Originally Posted by ClaytonA
...This is probably going to be a much slower, less safe, and somewhat less reliable skeletal LRT than the existing LRT. South of McKnight looks like admin just wants to use curbs. Presentation boards look like Spadina streetcar cross sections as outlined on a LRTogG twitter post:
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With respect to the images in the Green Line being just like Toronto's streetcars;
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Comm...te.pdf#page=34
pg 2 and pg 11 under the heading Punctuality
grade seperated; Headway +3 minutes (i.e. on-time performance) actual: 95.5-99.5% goal: 96-98%
streetcar; Headway +/- 3 minutes actual: 63.5% goal 70%
From RouteAhead pg 25; Comments from Engagement
Reliability was 6th at 5.5% after Frequency, Network design, Fares, Other, and Vehicles
Transit Priority was at 2.8% (which could overlap with speed) added to reliability would put it in the top three priorities.
In the budget tool the top three priorities seem reliability related;
Communication (accidents and other delays) 52%
Real-time arrival signs for buses 45%
CTrain repairs 45%
Interestingly crowding is ranked really low on this page and the next page under the budget tool. Maybe that 8th Ave subway can wait longer?
and pg 37;
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RouteAhead’s customer experience strategy is guided by the core principles for public transit in Calgary:
» Increase the travel time advantage
» Overcome issues of reliability and delay
» Increase passenger capacity
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What's projected needs to be communicated. There are trade-offs without essentially grade seperation and the Centre St N alignment from the Bow River to 64th Ave is more urban than what the rest of the system is-people should understand with a streetcar setup they are not getting a section like the rest of Calgary's system. With a more expensive option what would be the trade-off? To pay for it, mitigating the I-don't-want-to-live-right-next-to-it, could adjacent communities accept more development (and TIFF money) or maybe it goes as far as 96th Ave N instead of across Country Hills to Northpointe until a later phase? Did the other lines go right to the city edge right away?
“The quality remains long after the price is forgotten.” Henry Ford So will cut-and-cover construction where people are worried about disruption during construction.