fromyeg
Active Member
Operation in five or more years is a little while.
Was hoping we might see things happen a little sooner, but seems not.
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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Edmonton
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Operation in five or more years is a little while.
Was hoping we might see things happen a little sooner, but seems not.
ADob
Active Member
Let's just hope they do it right, as in a proper BRT and not just a glorified express bus.
IanO
Superstar
Pardon my ignorance, but in this day and age how does a it take the time to build an LRT line to start a BRT?
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Operation in five or more years is a little while.
Was hoping we might see things happen a little sooner, but seems no
CplKlinger
Senior Member
If I had to hazard a guess, I'd wager that there's a couple factors at play:
1. Concept planning won't be finished until 2027, after-which they still need to do preliminary and detailed designs.
2. They won't have space for the buses until the southeast transit garage opens in 2031.
BrettB
Active Member
I think the timelines are ridiculous too, but reading the reporting, it seems the garage is the major issue.
If it is a glorified express bus with some bus lanes and transit priority, I'm ok with that. When looking at the route report cards posted earlier, the 110X is quite well used (covering some of R1) while the 4 is desperately in need of some support (R2)
If it is a glorified express bus with some bus lanes and transit priority, I'm ok with that. When looking at the route report cards posted earlier, the 110X is quite well used (covering some of R1) while the 4 is desperately in need of some support (R2)
Wax
New Member
If 5 years seems like a lot the capital line and metro line extensions have had the 30% design done for 4 years… it will probably be another 5 before we get close to another LRT extension. Valley line concept plans started in 2009…
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Hard to say when things will happen for the next LRT extension which most likely is the extension towards St Albert. By the time that gets underway hopefully we should have further LRT planning within the city. I definitely see it being 5 to 10 years easily.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder if some of the District routes could be done in this timeframe. Even if the rollout isn’t complete, they could add bus lanes and bus signals on some routes.
The_Cat
Senior Member
Edmonton would have no LRT or BRT if Gunter had it his way:
edmontonjournal.com
Lorne Gunter: City council BRT plan doomed to compound transit problems
The BRT plan being considered by city council merely doubles or triples the number of transit units going in the wrong direction.
edmontonjournal.com
ADob
Active Member
I shudder to think what kind of city we'd be living in if Gunter had his way.