07-28-2017, 10:03 AM
My reaction when I read that was a four-letter word I wouldn't use here. I feel like riders in Midtown have been jerked around a lot- for a while, the 200 was stopping on Union, with no stops between Weber and Victoria and King and Union. Then, it was stopping at Weber and Guelph to replace service at that stop when the 4 was detoured (though the two routes have significantly different service). When a number of people complained, service was restored (since the winter) to Weber and Guelph.
Now, service is being shifted 1.5 kilometres west to Park. Plenty of 200 users who live near Weber will not be served by that. I understand the desire to serve the hospital with the 200, but I'm not sure of the logic of moving the 7 a few hundred metres east from Park to King, and the 200 fifteen hundred metres west to Park. Why not leave the 7 on Park, and have the 200 use King? It would build some ridership for Ion, and be minimally disruptive to people who have come to rely on the current detours.
Now, service is being shifted 1.5 kilometres west to Park. Plenty of 200 users who live near Weber will not be served by that. I understand the desire to serve the hospital with the 200, but I'm not sure of the logic of moving the 7 a few hundred metres east from Park to King, and the 200 fifteen hundred metres west to Park. Why not leave the 7 on Park, and have the 200 use King? It would build some ridership for Ion, and be minimally disruptive to people who have come to rely on the current detours.