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Zum is a rebranding of AcceleRide, the implementation is significantly different. YRT focused on fixed infrastructure, Brampton Transit focused on rolling stock and service hours, and despite YRT having a significantly larger service population, Brampton Transit has significantly higher ridership. Here is a report from 2003 discussing AcceleRide https://www.brampton.ca//en/Busines...TransPl/2004/Staff Report - Sep. 22, 2003.pdf
big differentiator is that York region is a much large region geograpically with a largely different demographic . I'm sure that if they wanted they can pump more buses out on the routes but the issue is to get people out of their cars (which is the predominant form of transport in YR)
What is the point of dedicated BRT infrastructure if you don't have the buses or service hours to make use of it. YRT just isn't that frequent, Brampton generated ridership through high frequency.
it takes about 2 minutes to cover 200m. Plenty of subway/RT transfers take more than 2 minutes, I don't see the issue here.
The tweet thread @ShonTron linked mentioned that it took them over 5 minutes to make the connection after waiting for light cycles. That's too long.
You would have to wait through light cycles even if the stops were north of Major Mack. This is complaining for the sake of complaining.
Peel region should’ve been the higher priority over york region any day
A good chunk of York's BRT was paid for by the region itself, theoretical priority isn't a factor when one has money. Regardless I don't think any of these corridors are "better". Viva Purple's and Orange's poor ridership comes from infrequent service, nobody wants to wait at a bus stop for 20 mins in a region where everyone has access to a car, and where there are poor connecting busses. If York invested into community bussing, and had actually good frequencies on routes that weren't viva blue, they would definitely compete with many of the corridors you listed here.
All those corridors should be upgraded to BRT. I am skeptical of any more LRT with cost/performance profile of HuLRT. I think it would be better to build ridership and upgrade to proper grade separated transit.
Brampton killed their own LRT by their own hand. Not the fault of ML or Ontario
And so? HuLRT is in boondoggle territory, with a capital cost of $250M per km. This is madness.
