03-19-2018, 02:05 PM
(03-19-2018, 01:35 PM)timc Wrote:(03-19-2018, 01:21 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: It will be quite the time penalty for buses to get off of Columbia/University, around ring road, across two sets of Ion tracks, and park in a bus bay.
They don't go around ring road and across ION tracks to park in a bus bay. The buses will access the transit plaza via Phillip Street.
Edit: Er, I guess it might matter which direction you're coming from. I'm on the east side.
That is true, the time penalty from the east won't be as great, but even the 9, which is planned to enter via Phillip still has to cross the Ion tracks on EB on Columbia.
If there were a stop right near the Laurel Trail you could probably get to the UW Ion station well before someone who stayed on the 9 to the UW transit terminal, especially if the #9 gets held up by an Ion passing by.
I've seen a few people praising the #30 route, but I am having trouble understanding what problem it is trying to solve; can someone explain why it is a good route? I guess the buses need to turn around anyway so why not send them around ring road, and it adds a bit of service to the middle of campus, but it's maximum frequency is 15min and a walk across campus is maybe 12min.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.