Brant Street bus rapid transit

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Brant Rapid transit
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Locale Burlington,
Ontario, Canada
Transit typeTBD

In 2008, Metrolinx proposed a rapid transit corridor on Brant Street in Burlington, Ontario as part of their regional transportation plan called The Big Move . Rapid transit on Brant Street was to provide connections to GO Transit's Lakeshore West line, and the proposed Dundas Street BRT. The project was to be implemented in two separate segments: [1]

However, as of 2021, the current webpage for the Dundas Street BRT makes no mention of a Brant Street BRT. [2]

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References

  1. "Schedule 2: 25-year Plan for the Regional Rapid Transit and Highway Network" (PDF). The Big Move. Metrolinx. November 2008. p. 105. Retrieved November 26, 2015. Burlington Connector (20): Fairview GO - Downtown Burlington; Brant (50): Fairview GO - Dundas Street
  2. "Dundas BRT". Metrolinx . Retrieved September 27, 2021.