New Transit Network in Hamilton

[hamiltonguy]

http://www.lightrailnow.org/features/f_lrt_2007-02a.htm

I was looking at this document and I came up with an idea for a New Transit Network for Hamilton.

10 Beeline becomes LRT with an extension west to the Go Transit McMaster University Terminal

27 Upper James becomes BRT and extension to Airport

Route 9 Rock Gardens becomes Route 8S Rock Gardens

Route 16 Ancaster becomes Route 56 Ancaster

Route 56 Centennial becomes Route 59 Centennial and is Extended to Valley Park Loop (Eventually Heritage Green Shopping Centre)

Route 11 is cut back to Greenhill due to Mount Albion Road closure

New Route 9 Wentworth

Route 12 James North (Streetcar)

Route 2 Barton converted to Streetcar opperation

Route 13 West Harbourfront (Streetcar) to CN lands development

Route 42 Linc XPress

Route 44 Rymal

Details to follow on Each Route in Post.

[hamiltonguy]

10 Beeline LRT

1) McMaster Go Terminal (West Campus)

Mixed Traffic

2) McMaster HSR Terminal (Central Campus)

3) Sterling Gate (East Campus)

Centre Lanes

4) King and Sterling (Westdale Central)

5) King and Longwood (Westdale East)

Paradise Road Switch Over to King and Main One Way. Curb Lanes, unpaved, except with paved portions proceeding corners for Right turns & For Passenger Access to Bus, and for Drive Way access

6) Dundurn (Dundurn)

7) Locke (Locke)

8) In Between Queen & Hess (Hess Village)

Eastbound Travels to King via Bay and Run in Dedicated Centre Lanes

9) King and Bay (Bay)

10) In between McNab and James (Downtown)

11) In between John and Hughson (Gore Park)

12) Ferguson (International Village)

13) Wellington (Wellington)

Separate back to Curb Running via Wellington

14) Wentworth (Wentworth)

15) Sherman (Sherman)

16) Gage (Gage Park)

Switches to Centre Running on Main at Delta

17) Ottawa (Delta)

18) Kennilworth (Kennilworth)

Follows Queenston Road

19) Parkdale (Parkdale)

20) Nash (Nash)

21) Eastgate (Eastgate)


About 17 Km (Estimated)

At 45 Km/h average including stops

Estimate Travel Time about 23 Minutes

Using Modern Streetcars:

• Size and appearance: Length 20.1 m (66 ft), width 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in), double-articulated body with modern styling
• Capacity: 29 seats with up to 127 standees (6/m2)
• Doors: 3 per side
• ADA accessibility: One middle door lift per side
• Propulsion: Asynchronous motors, four X 85 kW in two trucks
• Maximum gradient: 9%
• Maximum speed: 70 kph (43 mph) design; 50 kph (31 mph) governed
• Acceleration: Average 1.3 m/s/s (3.0 mph/s)
• Minimum turning radius: 18 m (60 ft)


2.2 Million US Per Car

For Every 5 Minute Peak Service Assuming no more than 3/4 of Cars in Service at Once and a 3.5 Minute Layover at each end to Account for Delays
/ Pee Breaks

This means 16 Cars
for $35.2 Million Dollars US

$15.1 Million per KM = 256.7 Million Dollars US

for a total of $291.9 US

$335.1 Canadian

thats about $106 Million Dollars per Level of Government

[hamiltonguy]

First thing is first, something has to be done about James/John.

1) Transit Priority Signals

2) 33,35,21 and new 27 use James and the rest use John. Transfer Way built along St.Joesephs Drive

or

3) 33.35.21 and new 27 Downbound on John Southbound on James

The rest Opposite

And a Transfer Place on St.Joesephs Drive


The Transfers are for people on the North Mountain where it is often faster to switch buses at St.Joes than to take the cross mountain buses.


I will post about the actual 27 route later tonight

[hamiltonguy]

So Route 27 Upper James/Airport

1) Downtown transit terminal

Street Running with Transit Priority

2) Hunter Street/ Go centre

3) Younge Street

4) St. Joeseph's Drive

James Mountain Road/ West 5th Street

5) Moutain Top

6) Mohawk College

Centre Lanes on Fennell to Upper James, Turns Down Upper James into Centre Lanes

7) Mountain Plaza Mall

8) Mohawk Road

9) Mid-Block Light (Can't Remember the name of the street)

10) Linc

11) Stone Church

12) Mid Block Light

13) Rymal

Mixed Traffic Operation

14) English Church Road

15) Mount Hope/ Airport Road

16) Airport