New express bus lanes “bad for drivers”
CTV greets the news of a new express bus, the 445 Papineau, with the observation that it’s bad news for drivers because one lane of Papineau will be a bus lane. That’s one lane south in the morning, one lane north in the afternoon.
jeather 09:55 on 2019-08-23 Permalink
Seems pretty balanced to me. The article notes it’s good for public transit users and bad for drivers, which is true (in the short term, this is unlikely to turn a lot of drivers into public transit users). I’m not clear if the bus lane is taking from the southbound lanes in the morning and the northbound in the evening, or if it is like the bridge which takes the against traffic lane.(I assume the former but I rarely go there.)
I think inconveniencing drivers for public transit users is the right choice, all things considered — I take the 435 occasionally and it’s fantastic (I only use the 165 part of it so I have no opinion on the split).
ant6n 14:58 on 2019-08-23 Permalink
What I’d really like to see is one Northbound bus lane on Papineau starting at the metro station, so that the 45 doesn’t have to meander through adjacent streets. Drivers, Radio stations and TV stations will always try to create an outrage, exaggerating possible negative effects on hard-working driving commuters while downplaying the positive effects on scum who takes public transit.