07-28-2017, 05:51 PM
(07-28-2017, 05:34 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(07-28-2017, 12:42 PM)KevinL Wrote: From GRT's perspective, they're doing their best to restore pre-construction conditions, namely the 7 serving frequent stops on King and the 200 serving an anchor stop at the hospital. This move restores that.
As much as I'd like to see the 200 skip traffic in the LRT lane, I imagine GrandLInq would have far too many issues with that proposal for it to work.
You’re probably right, except that we were promised that emergency services could use the LRT lanes. If that is OK, then it should be OK for a bus to use them, especially temporarily and especially when there are no LRVs running.
These are not even remotely similar:
The bus, which has no direct connection with the LRT ops center, will be using the LRT right of way every 4-20 minutes (two ways remember) for a significant distance along the right of way, while Grandlinq is trying to complete the route so crews will be working in the right of way, and then they will be testing LRT trains in the right of way.
Is completely different from an ambulance occasionally using the LRT right of way during operations of the LRT when the right of way is cleared of Grandlinq contractors and other personnel, for a short distance to bypass traffic, when they have a direct communications with the ops center to gain clearance.
And by September, Grandlinq should be testing trains.