03-13-2022, 08:15 PM
(03-13-2022, 07:48 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(03-13-2022, 07:06 PM)Bytor Wrote: An example of where it could help is if the 204 had no stops downtown and just used the tracks to do it's zig-zag from Victoria St N over to Queen to get to Highland. However, as anybody who has ever been on am iXpress bus knows, if there is a car crash along it's route, or if it has snowed more than a little bit, even if it's *scheduled* to use the track 1 minute after the tram went past, it's highly likely that it's going to get in the way of next tram 9 minutes later. And given that those tracks are not plowed they'd probably make the bus even slower than if it used the road instead.
I don’t know how many places do this, but at 2:09 in this video there is an enclosed LRT station I understand has embedded track so that buses can also use the space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZaRfNjTPx8
Although I can’t actually find the evidence (cite) that the reason for the embedded track is so buses can use it. Hard to see why else however — it seems like it should always be cheaper to use non-embedded track than embedded.
That's Westlake Station on Seattle SoundLink's Line 1. It was part of bus tunnel that was completed in 1990. It was closed from 2005-2009 to be renovated for light rail. Busses continued to use it until 2019, though at progressively reduced amounts as LRT services increased.