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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
The Ottawa discussion group would like opinion of Calgarians on running LRT down a highway median. What have been the pros and cons especially from a transit users perspective?
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From a LRT operations perspective, it’s great. Highways are generally straighter and higher speed, which means the train speeds are higher, and sight lines are better. The best part is that it’s totally grade separated. The biggest problem is that the stations need to be much bigger and more expensive to build, since they all need to go up and over the highway. Ottawa already has big stations and grade separation, so that’s pretty much the standard.
The big piece is that the train (and highway) need to be where people are to ride the train, and the stations easily accessed by feeder buses.
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