Fun fact!
Apparently the 204 routing presented in the Planning and Works agenda, namely this:
Is not what they were planning on building after all!
I was making a delegation to council, asking that they review the stop locations, given the context of the neighbourhood, and, when staff responded, it turns out that:
1) That iXpress indicator at Highland is eastbound only
2) That iXpress indicator at Mill/Iron Horse Trail is westbound only
3) That routing on Benton is a complete fabrication and not the plan
The bus is being routed into Charles St Terminal after all, they now tell us.
This was, effectively, a gong show. They did not present their actual plan for comment.
There is no apparent planning for what happens in 2 years when ION starts up.
There is no apparent planning for what happens in X years when Charles St Terminal is abandoned.
They are fully willing to spend infrastructure money (concrete pads and shelters) on what is a middlingly-acceptable solution to a temporary situation, thereby enshrining a terrible stop placement in the neighbourhood in perpetuity.
Council amended their motion to refer this stop placement back to staff.
Apparently the 204 routing presented in the Planning and Works agenda, namely this:
Is not what they were planning on building after all!
I was making a delegation to council, asking that they review the stop locations, given the context of the neighbourhood, and, when staff responded, it turns out that:
1) That iXpress indicator at Highland is eastbound only
2) That iXpress indicator at Mill/Iron Horse Trail is westbound only
3) That routing on Benton is a complete fabrication and not the plan
The bus is being routed into Charles St Terminal after all, they now tell us.
This was, effectively, a gong show. They did not present their actual plan for comment.
There is no apparent planning for what happens in 2 years when ION starts up.
There is no apparent planning for what happens in X years when Charles St Terminal is abandoned.
They are fully willing to spend infrastructure money (concrete pads and shelters) on what is a middlingly-acceptable solution to a temporary situation, thereby enshrining a terrible stop placement in the neighbourhood in perpetuity.
Council amended their motion to refer this stop placement back to staff.