Thousands more are taking the west LRT into the city core, making the city’s most expensive project well worth the price tag, officials say.
According to data from Calgary Transit’s passenger counts and surveys, more first-time riders are using the west LRT. In just three hours of a typical afternoon rush hour, an additional 2,200 downtown people are taking the bus and CTrain.
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A consultants’ plan to convince more Lethbridge residents to park the family car got a rough ride Monday at city council.
Their “high level” report, focusing on the city’s transportation needs well into the future, recommended steps to increase use of transit, cycling and car-pooling to reduce the impacts of growth as the city approaches a population of 100,000 and later, 130,000 people. It also urged more immediate bus service improvements, allowing would-be passengers to get where they’re going more easily.
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