Ottawa Rapid Transit Network developments

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Originally Posted by Franky

How can there be 7 minutes difference with a grade-separated route? Someone obviously made some assumptions others did not or there is a mistake. Who is right? Do you have a link to the report?

Edit: staff report: http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/public_co...ft_plan/images/final_staff_report_en.pdf
This Delcan report http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/trc/2008/11-10/Document%204%20-%20Carling%20Avenue.pdf
says "Travel time: The following is a comparison of the estimated travel times using these two corridors:
�� Western Parkway – between Lincoln Fields and Bayview Stations (7.6km): 13 minutes
�� Carling Avenue – between Lincoln Fields and Bayview Stations (8.7km): 15 minutes
"
Where did staff get 20 minutes?

Good question. I'm not sure if that's a typo or if there's something more to it. The Carling Tech Memo assumes the average operating speeds are roughly the same...Suzie pointed out this is unlikely because Doucet/Leadman planned more stops along Carling. Plus you've got two awkward 90 degree turns.

Speaking of which, Morrison Renfrew conveniently didn't cost that very complicated junction...it would require a significant amount of excavation and/or tunneling.