(06-27-2019, 07:21 AM)neonjoe Wrote:(06-27-2019, 05:57 AM)ac3r Wrote: Exactly. I don't understand why someone would drive their vehicle, just to park it in order to take public transit? Why not just take public transit to begin with - or drive? It's not like there are many neighbourhoods in the city without adequate service, including north Waterloo.On Sunday we drove to Fairview park to hop on the iON for the multicultural festival to avoid the hassle of parking downtown. We live in a Sunday transit desert. The 33 doesn’t run on Sunday's and the nearest walk to another stop is over 40 minutes away. I can see a use case for people say in Conestogo or other north end exurbs using a park and ride.
Fair enough. For a one-off day out that makes sense. I guess I'm so used to transit, that I would not consider driving somewhere, just to finish a trip in a bus/tram.
That said, downtown parking is never really a problem here. There are so many parking spaces and many go under utilized. I believe that garage on Benton is rarely ever half full.