12-22-2015, 08:38 AM
(12-21-2015, 08:54 PM)timc Wrote:(12-21-2015, 02:43 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Also, after seeing the traffic at the malls for Christmas shopping, some of those lunchtime Christmas shoppers might think about using ION instead of driving, even with traffic and parking likely to be slightly better when construction is done. I'm most hopeful of the introduction to ION coming from a campaign to get Canada Day patrons for both the cores to use offsite parking to reach the Waterloo and Kitchener events via ION.
The main Waterloo event for Canada Day is at Columbia Lake, which is not very close (over 1 km away) to an ION station. Mall traffic is mostly horrendous right now because of construction for ion.
The parking lots are not much closer, and having driven to the closest parking lot to Columbia Street, only to have it take 70 minutes to get from turning the car on in the lot to turning it off at King and Bridgeport, there is benefit to be had in dispersing vehicles. If someone wants to spend 70 minutes to drive ~3km, it's indeed their choice. But I'd like to present people with alternatives.