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October
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Or maybe a line that going from the SW to the east somewhere
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Habanero
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At some point it'll be nice to have lines that don't just go downtown. One of the things I love about London and Paris, is the way their lines intersect one another.
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October
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oh yeah... that be great
With enough population maybe we'll see a ring train in addition to the road 
Oddball
Senior Member
I think we could have two rings eventually. An inner ring roughly at the radius of MRU and another roughly at the radius of the airport. I'll be dead by the time this happens of course, but I'm sure my grandkids will love it.
Momin
Senior Member
RyLucky
Active Member
Here's a transit fantasy map I made a few years back. $50B.
MRU/Currie ultimately needs stronger connections to: Downtown, the NW (UofC), the S (Chinook or Heritage Station), and the deep SW (ring road alternative). Here's how I would conceptually achieve that:
MRU/Currie ultimately needs stronger connections to: Downtown, the NW (UofC), the S (Chinook or Heritage Station), and the deep SW (ring road alternative). Here's how I would conceptually achieve that:
Always_Biking
Senior Member
^^^The purple and the blue lines are existing LRT, and the other lines are BRT?
RyLucky
Active Member
Yes BRT and/or eventual LRT
Always_Biking
Senior Member
Cool. I like the nodes where the LRT and BRT intersect, perfect for TOD development.
Oddball
Senior Member
Hahaha maybe we should have a Fantasy LRT thread. I'm sure a few people (myself included) have concepts. Looks like we have some similar ideas.
It would be nice to have some really good well thought out BRT lines that intersect LRT nodes. I say we hire RyLucky for manager of transportation planning department!
CBBarnett
Senior Member
My suspicion is that the limiting factor to a good, efficient transit system isn't usually the lack of transit planners knowing what the best routes are
. Otherwise RyLucky is our top candidate!
Oddball
Senior Member
This is the recently proposed street-car route that could serve as the primary connection between Currie, Mount Royal and the LRT Blue Line. The source is Metro. While I like the idea of the street-car in principal, I was quite upset to read that the reason this isn't being proposed as a C-Train is due to an oversight in the construction of Westbrook station. Essentially the rough-ins for a spur line were supposed to be built along with the West Line, but were somehow, no one seems to known exactly, not done.
Always_Biking
Senior Member
Wow, that's a good large oversight. The streetcar would be similar I guess.
Out of curiosity why aren't they simply doing a bus route instead of streetcar? wouldn't that be a lot cheaper?
Out of curiosity why aren't they simply doing a bus route instead of streetcar? wouldn't that be a lot cheaper?