Phil Tank: Saskatoon's bus rapid transit system a mirage on horizon

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Phil Tank: Saskatoon's bus rapid transit system a mirage on horizon
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Saskatoon residents have heard for years that bus rapid transit is coming. Now the system has been delayed again to 2027.

I alone have written 128 articles that contained the term “bus rapid transit.” That’s ironic, since the system upgrade planned for Saskatoon will not really resemble what most consider to be bus rapid transit and since the overhaul remains a mirage on the horizon.

So Saskatoon Transit is looking for a new name, since introducing a system called bus rapid transit that is sure to spark reactions about how little it resembles bus rapid transit would be pretty embarrassing.Yes, the least surprising development is that the debut of the not-really-bus-rapid-transit system is now pushed back again, this time to 2027.Article content

City hall’s director of technical services, Dan Willems, revealed the later start date when answering questions during a special city council meeting last month at which a site for a futureThe arena site was essentially determined by the crisscrossing future bus routes on First Avenue and 22nd Street.

Why a system that will not require major reconfiguration of multiple stretches of roadway is going to take four years to build will stay a mystery for now. Does it take four years to improve bus shelters?

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