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Go west, young Transitway!
This Sunday marks the first time a chunk of the dedicated busway west of downtown will shut down as part of the conversion to light rail. The stretch between Blair and Hurdman stations closed last June, followed last month by the stretch between Hurdman and Lees.
Next up is the stretch from Merton Street in Hintonburg to Empress Avenue, at the base of Nanny Goat Hill. It will close Sunday at around 3 a.m., diverting hundreds of buses onto Scott and Albert streets. How many buses, you ask? A lot.
Here’s a chart supplied by OC Transpo.
BY PEAK HOUR FOR EACH TIME PERIOD
West of City Centre
AM
Midday
PM
Evening
Eastbound Scott St
167
43
52
24
Westbound Scott St
57
47
137
27
Peak Hour Total, both directions
224
90
189
51
City Centre to Preston
AM
Midday
PM
Evening
Eastbound Scott St
167
43
52
24
Westbound Scott St
57
47
137
27
Peak Hour Total, both directions
244
90
189
51
East of Preston
AM
Midday
PM
Evening
Eastbound Scott St
175
51
106
32
Westbound Scott St
57
47
137
27
Peak Hour Total, both directions
252
98
243
59
From my story:
Once the changes take effect, Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper says he’ll closely monitor the traffic impacts on residential streets and watch for an increase in cut-through traffic. He also wants to ensure the modelling OC Transpo did around acceptable noise and air quality levels as a result of the extra buses on Scott and Albert checks out, that the delays aren’t longer than three minutes, and that the whole mess doesn’t result in a drop in ridership.
Leiper says it’s crucial that OC Transpo drivers yield to cyclists who have the right-of-way on the multi-use pathway on the north side of Scott, where buses will enter and exit the Transitway at Merton.
At Bayview Road, the pedestrian and cycling pathway veers to the north, does a jog below the Transitway bridge, and reconnects with a pathway on the other side that ultimately connects with the segregated lanes on Laurier Avenue. Users of the bike lane on the south side of Scott would be advised to use this connection until a similar link behind the Tom Brown Arena is built, Leiper said.
“Albert Street bridge is going to be a really uncomfortable environment with all those buses,” he said.
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This Sunday marks the first time a chunk of the dedicated busway west of downtown will shut down as part of the conversion to light rail. The stretch between Blair and Hurdman stations closed last June, followed last month by the stretch between Hurdman and Lees.
Next up is the stretch from Merton Street in Hintonburg to Empress Avenue, at the base of Nanny Goat Hill. It will close Sunday at around 3 a.m., diverting hundreds of buses onto Scott and Albert streets. How many buses, you ask? A lot.
Here’s a chart supplied by OC Transpo.
BY PEAK HOUR FOR EACH TIME PERIOD
West of City Centre
AM
Midday
PM
Evening
Eastbound Scott St
167
43
52
24
Westbound Scott St
57
47
137
27
Peak Hour Total, both directions
224
90
189
51
City Centre to Preston
AM
Midday
PM
Evening
Eastbound Scott St
167
43
52
24
Westbound Scott St
57
47
137
27
Peak Hour Total, both directions
244
90
189
51
East of Preston
AM
Midday
PM
Evening
Eastbound Scott St
175
51
106
32
Westbound Scott St
57
47
137
27
Peak Hour Total, both directions
252
98
243
59
From my story:
Once the changes take effect, Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper says he’ll closely monitor the traffic impacts on residential streets and watch for an increase in cut-through traffic. He also wants to ensure the modelling OC Transpo did around acceptable noise and air quality levels as a result of the extra buses on Scott and Albert checks out, that the delays aren’t longer than three minutes, and that the whole mess doesn’t result in a drop in ridership.
Leiper says it’s crucial that OC Transpo drivers yield to cyclists who have the right-of-way on the multi-use pathway on the north side of Scott, where buses will enter and exit the Transitway at Merton.
At Bayview Road, the pedestrian and cycling pathway veers to the north, does a jog below the Transitway bridge, and reconnects with a pathway on the other side that ultimately connects with the segregated lanes on Laurier Avenue. Users of the bike lane on the south side of Scott would be advised to use this connection until a similar link behind the Tom Brown Arena is built, Leiper said.
“Albert Street bridge is going to be a really uncomfortable environment with all those buses,” he said.
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