(02-09-2021, 02:06 AM)dunkalunk Wrote: I don't get why the line is running in the middle of the River road Extension at the speed of traffic instead of between River Rd and the Hidden Valley. Seems like a missed opportunity to run ATC all the way from Fairway to almost Sportsworld station.
Given the realignment of Hidden Valley Rd. and that S-curve it makes to attach to the River Rd. extension squarely, it makes it difficult to go around that and still attach with minimum curve before the start of the next elevated section. It's go to go through an intersection, anyway and the Region and GrandLinq don't seem to like ATC anywhere near intersections¹. I suspect it won't go ATC until it hits that third, long elevated section.
¹My suspicion is that it is because we have a fairly dumb traffic signal control plus emergency priority system around here and that there is simply no way to tie the ATC into it without a significant upgrade at the core. I suspect that along places like King and Charles in Kitchener, it is all done by timings rather than communications.