10-17-2016, 02:39 PM
(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.
Interesting to note that the last schedules for 200 before the detours had its Conestoga-Fairway times at 60 minutes during rush hour, which is substantially slower than the rest of the day.
Much of that delay was built into the Waterloo portion of the route, so much so that a 7C from Conestoga can beat the 200 to uptown by 6-7 minutes despite making frequent stops in traffic during rush hour. I'm expecting great things from ION in this leg. With the rail spur and the cut through the park, I foresee this gap disappearing unless the 7C has light off-rush-hour traffic and few stops.