10-27-2022, 09:00 AM
(10-26-2022, 09:37 PM)Bytor Wrote:(10-26-2022, 05:42 PM)ac3r Wrote: It would make sense to brand it ION. It is a BRT system too.
ION isn't really BRT, though.
* no pre-pay and all-door boarding
* no dedicated lanes
* no signal priority except that one place at Sportsworld.
It's just an regular express route.
Agreed, and it’s a perfect example of how BRT can be watered down to nothingness. Not to say that anybody ever promised (that I can recall) that it would be real BRT, but if an LRT is promised it’s much harder to get away with a system that doesn’t really qualify. Although given how slowly ours runs in a few places, the Region appears to be giving it a try … but they’re forgetting the part where the watering down is supposed to save money so there is more money available for cars.