Comment 107522

By jason (registered) | Posted January 05, 2015 at 17:18:05 in reply to Comment 107520

From every other city I've been to, there are a few hugely important pieces to this puzzle we are missing still: bus lanes city-wide, transit priority signals, more express routes, pre-boarding payment

Take all the right -turn car lanes along the busiest corridors around the city and convert them to bus-only lanes with stops and signal priority to jump ahead as soon as they are done picking up passengers.

Take simple quick wins for bus-only lanes and transit signals such as the 3rd SB lane on James from King to Hunter, and the 3rd NB lane on John from Jackson to King.
There's no reason the right curb lane on Main can't become a bus lane from Mac to the Delta next week.

Based on the city's own data regarding pass-bys, there appears to be a bigh demand for more express routes such as the B-line along the Barton corridor and to/from Limeridge Mall/Mohawk Collge/downtown. During rush hour when curb parking is restricted along large segments of Barton, have those lanes be bus-only lanes for a new express route.

And extend the new Limeridge-Mohawk-MacNab express route to McMaster University.

Finally, pre-boarding purchasing of tickets/tokens for the A-line and B-line so folks can exit/enter all doors.

Lots of simple to implement ideas that could be done in 2015-2016 if we cared enough too.

Comment edited by jason on 2015-01-05 17:18:43

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