01-17-2018, 12:46 AM
(01-16-2018, 11:26 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: It works for those who live nearby (like me). Also does a good job of breaking up the big empty between Fairview and Pinebush - especially since SmartCentres doesn't have a park-and-ride.
And having not been aware of the GO bus stop on Hespeler at Pinebush (which, I might add, was covered in about six inches of snow), I wasn't looking forward to a walk from the GO station to the new iXpress station on Hespeler Road in a heavy snowfall.
Yeah, to be fair, I tend to forget that there is a neighbourhood there, that part of the city just feels very isolated.
But in terms of transit facilities, if feels like it would be better located at Smart Centers.
What is most frustrating about it though, is how we cannot seem to figure out efficient highway park and rides. When the bus takes 4-6 minutes to get to and from the park and ride it adds so much time to the bus, it's incredibly frustrating. Other places, from the US to the Netherlands figure out how to have buses stop on a ramp to the highway and provide ped access to a parking lot at the edge of the roads, it makes busing far more compelling.