ehlow
Senior Member
Thanks for the photos but doesn't really deserve the term BRT it seems. I'd think more the Viva Highway 7 or Mississauga Transitway or Ottawa Transitway for BRT.
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P0per
New Member
I completely agree. BRT, or sometimes "adapted BRT", whatever that is supposed to be, is the term used by the project. See: http://rideion.ca/abrt.html
ShonTron
Moderator
It's BRT-lite, like the original sections of Viva or Zum.
Yup, BRT-Lite or Pre-BRT seem to be appropriate terms to describe it. The definition that I use for those types of services are a BRT-like service pattern, but minimal to no associated infrastructure improvements to go along with it.
I'd put services like Zum, some sections of VIVA, Pulse, and TTC Rocket routes into that same category. It's a slow, incremental improvement. You put the service pattern in place first, and then gradually upgrade the infrastructure (queue jump lanes here, shoulder bus lanes there) to bring it up to a full BRT standard.
Markster
Senior Member
That's why they called it "aBRT" ("adapted BRT", a term that the Region came up with, I've not seen it ever used elsewhere.). It's not really BRT, but they don't want to say that to Cambridge. It's still better than a regular bus.
That's good marketing speak to not make it sound inferior, haha.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
New and Improved. Now with Clear-Air Diesel. Coming soon to a specially selected transit agency near you.
Sounds like a marketing scheme or info-commercial. They couldn't get rid of the diesel, so they call it something "special".
Sounds like a marketing scheme or info-commercial. They couldn't get rid of the diesel, so they call it something "special".
DKsan
Active Member
Had to do something to stop Cambridge from whining too hard.
They're still overdoing it by studying the LRT extension to Galt and asking money for it, when the 200 ridership south of Fairview Park Mall is totally crap.
They're still overdoing it by studying the LRT extension to Galt and asking money for it, when the 200 ridership south of Fairview Park Mall is totally crap.
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Duck
Guest
mpd618
Active Member
The project is about guiding land development much more than it is about current ridership, and there's a lot of developable land along Hespeler Road. Arguably they are overdoing it, by exploring alignments for Phase 2 that are so keen on development impacts that they're ridiculous for getting somewhere - I'm thinking in particular of the deviations north of the 401.
dunkalunk
Senior Member
Perhaps not directly related to the project, but there are ION station wall buttons now!
Find out more here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ion-station-buttons-by-tritag#/
Find out more here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ion-station-buttons-by-tritag#/
mdrejhon
Senior Member
Oh wow, that is a big Rent-A-Shed!
Ugh, crossing gates. No fun. It should be converted into a standard intersection but I guess that is complicated for sections that freight trains run over. Existing or not, crossing gates would be unwelcome for advocating continued LRT expansions, so if they need to keep these gates, then they need to run them at really, really short durations. How far in advance does this crossing close?
Perhaps not directly related to the project, but there are ION station wall buttons now!
Find out more here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ion-station-buttons-by-tritag#/
Wow, some of those are pretty hard to read. I get the "unique design" aspect of it, but some of those are pretty harsh on the eyes (Conestoga in particular you can barely make out).
Also, what font is that?
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Duck
Guest
The font hasn't been chosen yet (or released) for the ion stops, so these buttons are just a "best guess".
T-shirts would have been nice!
T-shirts would have been nice!
dunkalunk
Senior Member
I can confirm that the ION station font has been defined. I can assure you there is a non-public style guide floating around. However, since I didn't design the buttons, I'm not sure whether the font is the same or similar.