10-17-2016, 11:22 AM
(10-17-2016, 10:53 AM)Markster Wrote: And the baseline schedule in the project agreement is not exactly pushing any speed records. It's got about the same end-to-end time that the iXpress initially launched with. Considering that this now cuts off the King/University corner, has a dedicated lane, and several intersections have been removed from both King and Charles Streets, it's safe to say that it should make the trip in time without any signal priority at all.
Keep in mind however, there are now a couple more stations than the 200 iXpress had, and more turns I think. Although saving time not winding through the terminal. Who knows where it evens out.
That being said, keeping a schedule is only important when headways are >= 10 minutes. Less than that, and a schedule becomes pointless because you run +/- 3 mins anyway, and all of a sudden, nobody bothers to check the schedule.