11-13-2020, 09:06 PM
(11-12-2020, 07:58 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I think this would only be true if this was an additional site, where folks who aren't driving preferred to go here. Instead it replaces the existing site, which means it will see mostly the same clients, so you'd have to convert drivers to pedestrians to reduce the percentage of drivers, and that is near impossible to do in nice weather not during pandemic at a covid testing centre. So the only shift will come from people who couldn't get tested before because they lacked transportation, will be able to get tested now. Which is great, but ultimately, I expect not a big difference.
If they only have 15-20 cars in line, that's not too bad, but there's also fairly limited parking on site (20-30 cars), unless they will be using some of the nearby lots, which is entirely possible.
Checking the site today, I think the bays are about 100m long -- and 6m wide. That would actually allow two lines of cars, and easily 60-70 cars to line up without spilling onto the street.
Beyond that, there are actually five bays, not four (I had misremembered) so there are two bays on the Joseph St side of the tents, which could potentially accommodate close to 150 cars lining up, surely more than they want, by doing the entrance closest to Joseph St and the exit closest to Charles St.