Not bad, but not great. Probably just far enough apart that you'd need to check a schedule. Getting there just as the train is leaving would be a pretty big pisser.
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Transit City Plan
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Not bad, but not great. Probably just far enough apart that you'd need to check a schedule. Getting there just as the train is leaving would be a pretty big pisser.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Transit City trains would have had a similar headway like the current HRT subway, every 5-6 minutes during the day.
Electrify
Senior Member
Worth pointing out as well that under the original concept, most of Transit City would stop much, much more frequently and would be nowhere near as fast as what was shown in that video (and yes, I am aware it was in fast motion)
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
Transit City would have to have BD equivalent distance spacing in order to have not too many stops to slow it down and not have to supplement it with additional bus service. As well as having less than half of it sharing the road.
With 15 minutes service it's feasible to have rail crossings to block off roads for the LRT to pass but not for any more frequently than that. As for being on the road signal priority should be more of an issue crossing the intersections where there are no stops to ensure it wouldn't have to stop at those intersections.
With 15 minutes service it's feasible to have rail crossings to block off roads for the LRT to pass but not for any more frequently than that. As for being on the road signal priority should be more of an issue crossing the intersections where there are no stops to ensure it wouldn't have to stop at those intersections.
Justin10000
Banned
Yet the SELRT ridership would have been much higher than the Gold Line. More stops = more riders.
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
But the SELRT would make for a better local route, and not considered to be a rapid transit route or the backbone of any system. A more efficient feeder route at best.
Another thing is the TTC fixation of having lines run under one street where the benchmark to create a new line is entirely dependent on the street it's running under and if it's not there then don't build anything at all anywhere.
If a Transit City line diverges off of the street it starts from then that would at least ensure off the road ROW and follow a more complicated route to direct people better to where they want to go, even if it's to a subway line.
Another thing is the TTC fixation of having lines run under one street where the benchmark to create a new line is entirely dependent on the street it's running under and if it's not there then don't build anything at all anywhere.
If a Transit City line diverges off of the street it starts from then that would at least ensure off the road ROW and follow a more complicated route to direct people better to where they want to go, even if it's to a subway line.
Electrify
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Bloor-Danforth has stop spacing around 700m, with the exception of Eglinton most TC lines would be about 400m.
Justin10000 said:
Apples to oranges. Los Angeles is a very sprawled city which has spent the better part of the last century on highway construction, and only relatively recently have they focused on getting people on to transit. And by your logic, each bus route in the GTA would have several times higher ridership than our subway lines since they stop more frequently.
Justin10000
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Justin10000
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Ehhhh.. Scarborough is a very sprawly city with terrible transit, and only recently was there an attempt to improve transit with Transit City. Fact is, you compared the Gold Line to Transit City, and it is only fair to say the SELRT's ridership would have been much higher than the Gold Line. Speed is not the most important factor, yet you could help to bring up the topic.
Justin10000
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M II A II R II K
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Then that's good when it comes to talking about the SELRT if it were an island onto itself. It improves local transit along that corridor, but not to be confused with adding a rapid transit route to the system. And even then if it were a rapid transit route, it would do nothing to alleviate the already existing rapid transit system.
Dan416
Senior Member
Um, Scarborough is not a city.
Markster
Senior Member
Regarding the LA Metro Gold Line's frequency:
It's double that at rush hour.
Electrify
Senior Member
Thing is, Miller regularly claimed that the line was rapid transit.
Electrify
Senior Member
Actually, Mark was the one who posted the video, which concerning the subject of the thread, kind of led itself to a comparison. And while transit in north Scarborough is far from glamourous and it is somewhat car oriented, it is adequate and nowhere near as car oriented as Los Angeles.