12-14-2021, 11:28 AM
(12-14-2021, 10:55 AM)plam Wrote:(12-14-2021, 08:30 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: I think the real frustrating part about the speed is that the bus is faster to many destinations...I think that's part having a more direct route in a few cases, but also being able to travel at road speed, that is infuriatingly higher than the LRT limit in many places...I still just cannot believe that nonsense.
I haven't taken a GRT bus since sometime in 2019, so it's hard for me to compare. Certainly the Wellington buses are extraordinarily slow because they get stuck in traffic. But sure, there's something wrong if the 7 is faster than the 301 (I don't know if it is or not).
The 7 is much faster to Conestoga Mall. That's at least partly because the bus stops closer to the mall, and partly because the route is more direct, and a little bit because of absurd speed limits (IIRC the speed limit on Northfield for the LRT is lower than for cars, despite having no conflicts--which means it travels 20-40km/h slower than traffic...even buses). The 7 isn't faster to other destinations.
The 6 (I think it's the 6) is faster going south to Fairway mall, as well as other destinations. In this case, it's primarily to do with the fact that the LRT is ridiculously slow through that section. Partly because of poor choice of routing (and in this case, it's a choice, it isn't to reach destinations) and partly for absolutely no sensible reason, it just goes slow and no engineer has provided any justification reasonable or otherwise.