A New Mobility Transportation Master Plan for London

Short-Term Priorities and Immediate Action Plan
4.5.7 Undertake Transit Route Restructuring Study
The future BRT network will become the backbone of
the LTC network. The “spine” of the network will
consist of four distinct route segments branching out
to provide service to the north, south, east and west
portions of the City. There is significant opportunity to
integrate other routes into this BRT “spine” to provide
seamless transfers across the City.
In medium sized communities, where traffic
congestion is relatively modest, the additional delays
due to transfers can significantly impact the overall
journey time for transit users. Where there are too
many transfers required to make a trip; or where
transfers are inefficient or not timed well, users may
not be attracted to the service and will find better
alternatives for their trip. One of the goals of the route
restructuring study should include a strategy to reduce
the need for, or reduce the impact of, transfers within
the system.
The introduction of BRT corridors can also provide a
significant benefit for conventional services running
along the same routes, or portions of them. With
dedicated BRT lanes on key arterials such as
Richmond Street, Wellington Road, Oxford Street,
and Dundas Street, other transit routes using these
segments of the corridor can access the BRT lanes to
save time and improve schedule adherence and stop
at the BRT stops to provide for seamless transfers.
Opportunities to “interline” the conventional routes
and BRT services along these corridors represent a
significant advantage of BRT over LRT systems, and
should be explored during the route restructuring
study.
The BRT corridors will also replace or eliminate the
need for certain bus routes that already provide
transit services in these corridors. The addition of
new BRT routes presents the opportunity to modify,
reduce, or eliminate some of the existing routes and
re-deploy the existing resources to extend or enhance
service to other areas of the City. Of course care
A New Mobility Transportation Master Plan for London
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Multi-modal crossover
points add connectivity
and visual interest. Here
road, bike path, trail, and
river meet at one place.
The City has been vigorously
pursuing the Bicycle Master
Plan, retrofitting 40 km
since its launch.