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The nightly Bluesfest exodus to public transit — one that has seen the Booth Street bridge jammed with people heading for buses — will look different in 2019 when the LRT line is open.

In an ideal scenario, two-car trains would fill up with up to 600 passengers from Pimisi station below the bridge. As people board the trains, the long platform would fill up again with passengers and the queue on the bridge would form an orderly line at the top of the stairs or elevator. A train would come again in about five minutes and the sequence would repeat. Everyone would get along.

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Throw into the mix impatience, heat, booze and unpredictable weather and who knows how it will work out.

There was a crush of people heading toward Albert Street last Thursday after Bryan Adams left the stage during the opening night of the festival. People packed buses waiting at the intersection and trudged toward more bus stops on Albert Street.