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Originally Posted by J.OT13
One could make the opposite argument. Barrhaven already has a functional transit corridor. Does it need to be converted, causing years of detours, headaches and Billions of dollars for an unneeded capacity improvement? In Kanata, there is no corridor, so building something is better than the status quo, and if we're starting from zero, might as well go rail right off the bat.
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I agree that the priority should be Kanata. Transit between Terry Fox and Eagleson is painfully slow on transit at present because buses must travel on-street.
The bigger problem is the lack of a true transit hub station in Kanata at March/Eagleson. Buses to Kanata North do not serve Eagleson when heading toward Kanata North, which makes connections from south Kanata difficult. The lack of such a hub is why taking transit within Kanata is so challenging.
Such a hub station can't really exist unless there is a dedicated transit corridor betwen Terry Fox and Eagleson. No matter whether the extension to Kanata is built as BRT or LRT, something is needed, and a transit hub station at March/Eagelson needs to be part of it.
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