That's not TOD …
a) it was there well before there was any BRT
b) it's an express bus to downtown with mile-plus stop spacing (next station west is 2.5 miles away at a freeway park-and-ride lot)
c) it runs every 30 minutes (20 rush hour)
This development was master-planned in anticipation of fixed-guideway transit. Plus the service launched with 15 minute peak service, but the pandemic slowed demand and schedules were trimmed back accordingly. I’d be interested to see how a line linking this area with the Blue Line would perform.
Rail has useful features that are hard to replicate on a bus but I would happily sacrifice them in order to have more frequency, better span, or a better routing. I could consider sacrificing them for a less contentious project development too.
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a) it was there well before there was any BRT
b) it's an express bus to downtown with mile-plus stop spacing (next station west is 2.5 miles away at a freeway park-and-ride lot)
c) it runs every 30 minutes (20 rush hour)
So … how useful is that?
Glad you're here, hopefully in a professional capacity.