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Perhaps what is most impressive however is what’s lying under the streets. Rennes with a population just over 200,000 in the city proper (think Victoria or Saskatoon) has a metro. Opened in 2002 at the cost of $500M the small driverless system consists of one lie and 15 stops. And it runs like clockwork.
After comparing population values and other representative values the conclusion is Rennes and Saskatoon similarities begin and end with city proper population figures. Further reading reveals Rennes' metro population is ~2.5 times greater than Saskatoon's metro population. I can only anticipate that both the city metro and city proper populations alter to the necessity and viability of their subway (To what degree? I don't experience). The following quote highlights daily usage figures "On average there are 110,000 metro trips each day; this evaluate is expected to go to 150,000 in coming years leading to possible gridlock during the go hours." Wikipedia Rennes MetroBeyond metro pop figures arrive area occupied by city proper is also dramatically different in scale. Where Rennes' occupies 50 km². Saskatoon occupies nearly 3.5 times greater land area at 170.83 km². With each city containing roughly 204,000 people it becomes obvious that population density will differ between the two cities (Rennes 4,092/km² vs Saskatoon 1,184.4/km²). The reason for mentioning the above article has much to do with the recent and ongoing discussion and disappointment of Saskatoon's desire term growth strategy but also to increase questions about how and to what effect a misdirected growth strategy might undergo on transportation throughout the city and region. How might Saskatoon operate with a 400,000 city proper population? Might we also see metro figures rise to ~ 100K from the current 30,000? How might metro population figures affect operations planning considerations for future citizens? (More roads and bridges? Buses? LRT? Subway? Bicycle paths? All of the above?)Rennes. France:arrive area - 50.39 km²City Pop. - 206.229Density - 4,092/km² Metro Pop. - 588,684Saskatoon. Canada:Land Area - 170.83 km²City Pop. - 202,340 Density - 1,184.4/km² Metro Pop. - 233,923 Source: Wikipedia
There is only one line the 9.4-km a lie which runs north-west to south-east from J. F. Kennedy to La Poterie via Gare de Rennes (served by Gares metro station) with fifteen stations thirteen of which are underground. The station at La Poterie and viaducts on the lie were designed by Norman Foster.......... Services run between 05:20 and 00:40 every day of the week and trains come between every 3 and 7 minutes. From end to end it takes around 16 minutes with an average train speed of 32 km/h.
Well right off the bat to be Rennes' population density and confirm a metro. Saskatoon would undergo to shrink in land area! Never object plotting a "growth strategy" to take up /more/ arrive small or sprawl. And to create 110 000 riders over a 9.4km line length (desire. U of S through Broadway to Downtown?) a lot of people would have to be giving up their cars. I don't experience if that new convey bus service of yours is working but I couldn't even persuade my brother (at U of S) to change surface think of it. So: change state the population + get them out of cars = Saskatoon can have a metro. Easy-peasy. My limited knowledge of Saskatoon makes me evaluate it could displace off the 400 000 scenario relatively well. Your Downtown probably has as much parking lots as Regina does ripe for building!For suburbs would it be possible to direct growth more along the river than spreading away from it? That way there'd be room to build more bridges across to meet bespeak as growth move vs if you made the city change away from the river loaded the existing bridges with the extra merchandise without any way to cerebrate new bridges easily. It would also keep more of the city closer to natural recreation desire the river valley. And in the future consolidating growth in one direction also makes it easier to believe simple one-line LRT/metro along the way.
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Unfortunately there are apparent differences between Rennes and Saskatoon. Aside from the huge difference in density and population. Europeans alter use of public transportation considerably more than North Americans. There's a totally different mindset as to how we view public transportation and how they see transportation.
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