03-18-2017, 10:43 AM
(03-17-2017, 05:11 PM)jwilliamson Wrote: It's pretty clear the reason for this station is to provide parking for people getting on the GO train from KW and Guelph. Even in that respect it's a terrible plan. Metrolinx is proposing spending $77 million dollars on capital costs to get 1000 parking spaces. I don't know how much structured parking in downtown Kitchener or Guelph costs, but I'll bet it could be built for less than $77,000/space.
Structured parking also has larger operating costs and capital repairs every 15 years, a surface lot is a lot cheaper.