In response to a recent report that cast doubt on the effectiveness of dedicated bus lanes in Vancouver, some are cautioning against abandoning the lanes too soon.
"The city planning report says the lanes have not reduced bus travel times on Broadway, and a senior planning official told Sun reporter Gerry Bellett his department will probably recommend against buses-only lanes in other transportation corridors."
"But the bus-lane experiment is barely under way, and drawing conclusions now is akin to deciding the half-built Canada Line is a failure because it hasn't reduced road traffic between Richmond and Vancouver. That is something we can't know until after it is operational."
"Council should receive the report as an indication that bus lanes alone won't solve congestion in the Broadway corridor. City planners should keep in mind that we don't know yet what the effect of bus lanes will be in conjunction with other measures, and therefore it is too early to give up on the concept."
FULL STORY: It's too soon to write off bus-only lanes
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