12-04-2018, 12:01 PM
(12-04-2018, 10:38 AM)robdrimmie Wrote:(12-04-2018, 10:22 AM)Momo26 Wrote: I was thinking, whilst on an express bus from Fairview mall to Charles Terminal - there is no way the LRT will be able to do that run any faster or even equal to that run, with the stops in between and the speed at which it travels (seemingly based on testing)...am I wrong?
I misread this as terminal to terminal. I'm not sure what the actual schedule will be, but there's a good chance the LRT can go faster from the Fairway stop to the Victoria Park stop than a bus because for much of the stretch along Fairview and Courtland the LRT is off the streets and will be going 70km/h. Once it gets back on the streets it might be able to travel a bit faster than the 200 because it will get priority signalling at intersection. In general though the LRT is not going to be much faster than a bus, but nor is it supposed to be. Its timing will be more consistent since it will be slightly less impacted by other traffic on the roads, and there's a lot more room so its capacity will be greater.
The off-street part should be faster. Just to add to robdrimmie's points, LRT is also good because it doesn't add to traffic congestion as much as cars or buses would. So it's more comfortable but not faster today, but the no-LRT alternative would be way slower in 20 years.