06-02-2015, 11:05 AM
(06-02-2015, 10:36 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I had assumed that this would be the maximum trip time, and that trip times would be less than this at easier parts of the day. Anything beyond 46 minutes makes it slower than the iXpress at its worst.
iXpress at its worst, pre-construction, was 56 minutes, if I recall correctly. It is now 60 minutes.
But, if you assume ION can maintain a (fairly) constant trip time through the day, having that trip time be worse than 46 minutes would be extremely disappointing.
Whether schedules will be amended because ION can do 40 minutes with tuning, or during the lighter service parts of the day... I don't know. One area that could be amended is to make more aggressive use of signal priority at the cost of delaying cross-town traffic. Will the political will be there for it?