07-05-2017, 11:39 AM
(07-05-2017, 11:15 AM)timc Wrote: I'm not a professional transit planner, but I think it would be smarter to not have the buses go through that way at all. Why can't they just come in off of Phillip Street and then out via Columbia (or Phillip again)?
The only thing worse than a bus that has to detour off its route to meet a terminal, is a bus that has to make a detour that results in 100% backtracking.
What you suggest adds about 400m of extra travel distance, on top of the extra distance to get down to the terminal.
For comparison, here's the distance along Columbia from
Westmount to Albert: 2.04 km
Westmount to Albert via bus terminal using Ring Rd and Philip: 2.56 km
Westmount to Albert via bus terminal using only Philip: 3.06 km