innsertnamehere
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a frig ton.
Well, do you know what device(s) MiWay uses to count boardings at all? I'm sure they can count on a stop-by-stop basis. Also, Presto data can come in handy there as wellI'm not sure how they would count boardings at transitway stations.
What it the maximum ridership it can handle as a bus only corridor?
I'd imagine very similar to Ottawa's transitway, which moved 240k riders a day system wide before conversion to rail
Well, do you know what device(s) MiWay uses to count boardings at all? I'm sure they can count on a stop-by-stop basis. Also, Presto data can come in handy there as well
Sorry, but Sq One is a Transitway Station and setup like it is today due to lack of funds and cost over runs during the building of the line. It was to be tunnel to connect with the existing lower level platforms at CCTT from 403 in the west and under Hurontario St in the east. Cost was somewhere around $20-$30 million and the city had no money to cover that cost.Farebox. Does farebox know the location? Probably not.
4.7 million riders (actually around 19,000 per weekday) is equal to or greater than the total combined ridership of 100/107/109. It is hard to believe that the transitway stations have so many boardings, even if you count Square One (not really a transitway station) and the GO transitway stations at Winston Churchill and Erin Mills. These routes serve major stops and terminals off of the transitway route as well, such Islington, Westwood, Humber College, the airport, Meadowvale Town Centre.
So I think the actual number of boardings, at actual transitway stations (e.g. not CCTT/Square One), is probably closer to 2 or 3 million. That doesn't mean there aren't a huge number of riders on the transitway, just that not all of them get on at a transitway station.
Sorry, but Sq One is a Transitway Station and setup like it is today due to lack of funds and cost over runs during the building of the line. It was to be tunnel to connect with the existing lower level platforms at CCTT from 403 in the west and under Hurontario St in the east. Cost was somewhere around $20-$30 million and the city had no money to cover that cost.
Close to 50% get off/on the 109 on Rathburn at CCTT. Very few get on/off 107 at the Transitway Stations. Renforth sees very few riders getting off/on 109/107 or connecting to/from TTC. Can't speak to the western section since I rarely use it in the first place.
What do you mean by “more separated than what was built”? The reason it’s not as separated is because those sections haven’t started construction yet (or funded), as they were built in 2 (3?) contracts and maybe 1 or 2 more will be needed for the central section.Yes the original Transitway plan was much more separated than what was built, including complete separation instead of the 403 section, a Creditview GO station and a station at Mavis.
Heres the below grade section Drum was talking about
Full transitway with Ridgeway, Creditview, City Centre and Hurontario stations is still in the city's long term plans. However, Mavis station has been deleted.
The Erin Mills to Hurontario section would be as long as the current transitway from Hurontario to Renforth, around 7km long, but it would only add two stops. So they prioritized the east section first, with has 9 stops and no freeway bus shoulder lane alternative, to facilitate connections to the airport and Islington.
However, I think dumping buses onto Rathburn is dumb. See the problems with on-street downtown BRT in Ottawa. Mississauga will be same. They will have to build the full transitway eventually.
I mostly use 39 Britannia, so I have only used a transitway a few times but I remember being pleasantly surprised at the amount of riders at the stations. Certainly not 4.7 million boardings, but it's not like the buses stop for nothing either.
Yes the original Transitway plan was much more separated than what was built, including complete separation instead of the 403 section, a Creditview GO station and a station at Mavis.
Heres the below grade section Drum was talking about