Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Edmonton

[Glenco]

That video was made by an edgelord. Edmonton could only dream of a system like what Brisbane (or even Ottawa) built for their BRT.

Ottawa and Brisbane both got to the point where the bus lane became saturated. Ottawa then built a system with higher capacity to deal with the problem whereas Brisbane just keeps piling on more and more buses. Big difference

 

[Foolworm]

Ottawa and Brisbane both got to the point where the bus lane became saturated. Ottawa then built a system with higher capacity to deal with the problem whereas Brisbane just keeps piling on more and more buses. Big difference

Big difference from Edmonton as well, who wisely built the higher capacity system first (LRT) and are now looking to augment it. That said, what's proposed in the mass transit plan doesn't involve dedicated busways or higher capacity vehicles.

 

[The_Cat]

In some instances,, the BRT is scalable. Priority signals on bus lanes can be upgraded.

 

[itom987]

There is nothing stopping anyone from driving a car on a BRT bus lane.

 

[ChazYEG]

There is nothing stopping anyone from driving a car on a BRT bus lane.

You can put barriers and segregate the right of way. But the same could be said about the low-floor LRT, tho.

 

[Barnaby]

NYC has cameras

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Well if you want to see a city where I think they've gone in the wrong direction, look up Cebu City BRT

 

[Seamusmuldrew]

There is nothing stopping anyone from driving a car on a BRT bus lane.

Same can also be said about red lights. If there’s a problem, enforcement can be installed.

 

[The_Cat]

I’m guessing that this topic won’t be touched until the next administration is elected.

 

[The_Cat]

Bus Rapid Transit Planning | City of Edmonton

The City is planning and designing for Edmonton’s future city-wide Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Routes B1 and B2.

www.edmonton.ca

 

[IanO]

LOVE me some Blines, but some routes were a bit interesting, but I don't follow this enough.

 

[The_Cat]

I don’t commute from the north side of the city but I think these are interesting options.

 

[The_Cat]

I think one sticking point could be whether there are a lot of students that commute from North Edmonton to NAIT. NAIT is also served by routes like 8 and 110X. I think Option 1 97 Street NB and 101 Street SB might work the best. It’s more direct.

 

[thefreezebreeze]

I think one sticking point could be whether there are a lot of students that commute from North Edmonton to NAIT. NAIT is also served by routes like 8 and 110X. I think Option 1 97 Street NB and 101 Street SB might work the best. It’s more direct.

Directness is good, but directly connecting to major destinations like option 3 would likely drive more ridership.

 

[Out of Towner]

Gondolas are said to be profitable. Why not link 118 Avenue to downtown with the terminus in the river valley at the old power plant.