LRT Stage 3

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Originally Posted by lrt's friend

The overall story is about the future of Stage 3 but those comments relate to past decisions and refer to long infrequent trains that take kids to school. Line 2 has been mostly for students, and you can't claim that Line 1 is infrequent. So, my comments are not unreasonable.

On top of what others have already said, I think you're taking this comment way too literally.

It referred to Ferraris that take kids to school. i.e. buying a Ferrari to do the job of a minivan.

Ridership on Line 2 could be a whole lot better if it actually served the neighbouring population better and at frequency that provided reliable transfers to local buses. I don't know why you consider this cynical. It is the truth of the situation.

Virtually every aspect of the Line 2 expansion is a net gain for the transit network, except for its headway which is unchanged.
If you want to make the argument that Line 1 and 3 have diminished the transit network, then sure you can make that argument-- just like the article does. You could even say the same for Line 4. But dragging Line 2 into this overgeneralization of "rail has so far made transit worse" is entirely a you problem.

Yes, the upgrades to Line 2 could have been better, but that does not somehow mean that it has "made transit worse".

If you're still hung up on train-to-bus transfers, I'm going to suggest (like I have in the past) that you consider that maybe the bus network isn't being scheduled to fit our rail infrastructure.

I think your comment is cynical because you just had to drag Line 2 into this topic. You took a somewhat vague and confusing quote about the Confederation Line and forced it to fit your problems with the Line 2, which completely missed the point of the original quote.

Overall, rail has so far made transit worse as the article suggests. The average Ottawa resident agrees. It is a sad statement, but it is also true.

Yet all I hear is anticipation for the reopening of Line 2.