10-04-2017, 10:23 PM
This was the approved route, but keep in mind this is the idealized planned route, the actual route that will be built for now will detour down Joseph to Victoria:
Staff were directed to report back annually on progress on other routes to the hub, so that was good to see.
The one issue I had with the discussion that took place at committee yesterday was the characterization that it wasn't that big of a time penalty for users.
They were comparing the alternative 1 and alternative 2/3 options and said that the difference was about 300m.
By my measurement 1a is 1.3km, and 2/3 is 1.7km as planned, and 1.9km as it will first be built.
The difference is 600m not 300m. So in the example they gave of a 10kph cyclist taking an extra 100 seconds would actually be 216 extra seconds which is nearly 50% of the travel time. That would be like asking a motorist to take a 3km detour.
In reality though it is kind of an apples/oranges comparison because they really aren't alternatives to each other (e.g. if both were ever built someone approaching from the north would never bypass the direct route (1) for the hybrid (2/3), and someone approaching from the south would probably never bypass alternative 2/3 and keep going to alternative 1).
Staff were directed to report back annually on progress on other routes to the hub, so that was good to see.
The one issue I had with the discussion that took place at committee yesterday was the characterization that it wasn't that big of a time penalty for users.
They were comparing the alternative 1 and alternative 2/3 options and said that the difference was about 300m.
By my measurement 1a is 1.3km, and 2/3 is 1.7km as planned, and 1.9km as it will first be built.
The difference is 600m not 300m. So in the example they gave of a 10kph cyclist taking an extra 100 seconds would actually be 216 extra seconds which is nearly 50% of the travel time. That would be like asking a motorist to take a 3km detour.
In reality though it is kind of an apples/oranges comparison because they really aren't alternatives to each other (e.g. if both were ever built someone approaching from the north would never bypass the direct route (1) for the hybrid (2/3), and someone approaching from the south would probably never bypass alternative 2/3 and keep going to alternative 1).
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.