(07-08-2017, 11:29 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: Can't imagine why people don't think Cambridge is an equal part of the region...
If the argument for ION phase 2 is a "fairness for Cambridge" argument, then Cambridge complaining about the messy reality of useful LRT works against that. I'd much rather there be an argument on the merits for extending ION to Cambridge.
Right now the current transit ridership is much lower than the K-W section, though there's substantial development potential along Hespeler Road and some in Galt. However I don't believe the City of Cambridge has expressed much interest in such intensification and they're more interested in redirecting this line to Maple Grove to serve sprawling new industrial areas.
Cambridge wants fairness but seems ambivalent about the actual project. It would cost at least as much as Phase 1 to build. What is the case for this extension, and where is Cambridge in making that case?