11-21-2024, 10:48 AM
(11-21-2024, 10:13 AM)cherrypark Wrote: At this point, I would take a modestly larger indoor area from transit drops to platform and shed style station platform if it meant a more upgraded version of this park. The proposal for the central station was so bare bones and with zero commercial inside, I don't even know what one would be spending much time in there for anyways... give me $100M closer to the next $1B of a Phrase 3 E-W ION line while Cambridge sorts themselves out.
Honestly, at this point, I'd take what we have for our suburban local train station here, no actual building, nothing, just convenient access, via tunnel, elevators, heated enclosures on the platform, a roof spanning most of the platform, great signage (in our case we also have extensive sheltered bike parking, but that's probably not necessary in Ontario yet). This would already be better than the existing train station which is hard to access, usually closed (and thus un-sheltered), and with limited signage and notification, at least for most users (who are using GO not Via). And the station here is like a couple of million dollars worth of work and materials.