03-18-2018, 10:38 PM
(03-16-2018, 05:50 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Wow that new #16 is convoluted.Route 16 makes sense as two separate sections; The section from Ottawa Street to Uptown (Highland/Belmont), and the section form Ottawa to Conestoga College (Strasburg). While there are certainly longer routes in the newly proposed system, this one is only every half-hour (not including peak 15 minute weekday service north of GRT's garage at Ottawa/Strasburg). I am not entirely sure how Route 16 is supposed to maintain a schedule running that sort of distance without a significant layover somewhere in the middle. I'd much prefer this be broken into two routes in order to maintain schedule adherence.
Quote:So they have a #30 circular on ring road but they won't let the 202 on ring road?
I know this isn't how transit is funded in this region, but presenting Route 30 Ring Road as a separate route makes it a very easy target for the Region/Record Letter Writers/Internet Activists to point at and say that if UW wants transit on their campus, they should wholly pay the operating expenses of a route that runs entirely within their campus.
Quote:It looks like they've finally added iXpress stop at University @ King, but they have left the stop at University @ Hazel.
Why not move the Hazel stop to Albert then there is a stop at both ends of the WLU campus.
Politics and intertia mostly. GO just sunk a bunch of money into building shelters and a ticket vending machine at Hazel. There are departure display boards installed at hazel too. Hazel is also closer to the middle of Laurier's Campus (although arguably, a stop at Albert would place it closer to a doorway to enter the buildings)
Quote:Plus, if they can't the 202 to the UW transit station then why not adjust the iXpress stops to be at near university@westmount/Waterloo Park station/Albert/King then if you need to get to all the shops on University or the east side of campus you just walk the 500m or transfer to the NB Ion.
I will miss my direct/one bus (#8) to UW, but I guess it is better for the good of the "network."
University/Westmount is in the laurel creek watershed and nothing of significance can/will exist at this intersection
Waterloo Park station's location is problematic to running direct service. I have no firm opinion about whether 202 should divert to serve it apart from that Laurier-Waterloo Park station only exists in its current location because of politics and doesn't actually serve WLU effectively. Sort of a tangent, but I worry that people walking along this stretch of Seagram at night will be victims of crime (drunk students, and pretty much no eyes on the street compared to University Ave).
I do think that the location of the 202 stop at Philip makes sense, given the plazas and residences, but there should be a stop at Albert in addition for all routes running the length of University. Sunview/Hemlock are horrible stop locations in terms of being able to actually cross University Ave. I hope that stop locations will be addressed in the University Ave Gateway project.