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Originally Posted by teddifax
Quite impressive video work, really steady hand!!
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Thanks! You can thank YouTube's camera stabilization tool for the steady hand though: the original video was a disaster of shakycam!
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Originally Posted by someone123
I don't know about Alderney Landing. Inter-modal connections are one area where Metro Transit could improve a lot but the Alderney ferry terminal is not well-located with respect to the road network. Building a terminal there would mean a detour for a lot of trips, and the ferry itself is not as attractive to people situated farther out in the suburbs.
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Agree entirely. I live north of the bridge in Dartmouth, and it would be a huge inconvenience to my daily commute to have to detour to downtown Dartmouth each day before heading over the bridge.
A few years back, Metro Transit estimated that it would cost an additional $550,000 a year in operational expenses to detour buses to Alderney Gate. In addition, there is no land to build a suitable terminal around there as well.
http://www.halifax.ca/council/agenda...00518cai11.pdf
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The #1 issue with Halifax transit is that Metro Transit needs to nail down one or two fast (dedicated ROW), reliable, high-frequency (2-5 minute frequency) routes. Those are the routes the rest of the system should be built around.
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Again, I agree entirely. The Portland St corridor is a step in the right direction, but we can take it further. Route 1 would be a good place to start: run it every 5 minutes, build some bus only lanes or (gasp!) make Barrington St and Spring Garden Road accessible to bus and delivery trucks only, as was suggested by the consultants, and we would truly start to approach great transit on the Peninsula.