07-03-2019, 10:29 AM
(07-03-2019, 09:11 AM)MidTowner Wrote: This is an interesting prediction. I've thought that not having a single large CBD is a drawback for transit because driving and parking is so easy- downtown Kitchener is still small and sparse enough that finding parking is trivial, and inexpensive. Likewise for Uptown, and even the University Zone.
I think it works both ways. On the one hand, you don’t get that massive crush of traffic and scarce/expensive parking strongly pushing everybody to transit; on the other hand, the transit line get traffic in both directions all day and all along the line, rather than being packed during rush hour in one direction only. So the transit helps more people for the same capital investment.