GO Transit

[the_conestoga_guy]

Stealing this from an Urban Toronto thread, the Initial Business Case for the Cambridge-Guelph GO link has been published.

https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeet...entId=8846

Some interesting observations made on the original thread.

https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/gu...sed.38915/

Certainly I cannot be the only one who thinks it is insane that we are considering a train where we currently refuse to run a bus?

I agree that it's weird, but I'm not going to let it stop me from thinking this is a worthwhile idea. I think part of their reasoning is that this is a plan that will be aligned with the future frequently scheduled Kitchener GO train. Considering present GO service sucks, it doesn't make as much sense to connect to it with a GO bus. But they're banking that the future service will be more worthwhile.

I do wonder why a stop in Hespeler isn't being considered. It would add a couple minutes to the overall trip time, but it seems like it would be a good opportunity to connect a community to the Regional transit plan that has been fairly neglected by the ION or other transit plans. I understand the argument that it would add too much time to the schedule, I'm just surprised to not see discussed in the IBC.