11-23-2018, 10:14 AM
(11-23-2018, 10:08 AM)clasher Wrote: I can't see a lot of people wanting to drive to the mall, then take the LRT to the train station and then take a train somewhere. Most people would rather just drive to wherever they're going since it's almost always faster. I think train service to Toronto and the airport would have to be a lot faster and cheaper before that attitude really changes for people. I wanted to take the train to Ottawa for a week's holiday this summer but it made absolutely no sense compared to how easy it was to just drive there, on top of that I was taking my bike so it's an even bigger hassle.
The land on the corner of Weber and Victoria that's just an empty lot would make a fairly convenient parkade for the new terminal, I'm sure some sort of sheltered sidewalk could be constructed so people don't have to get soaked making the trek along Victoria... or a glass-encased walkway along the tracks would be kind of neat. Or bulldoze 70 Victoria, it's ugly as sin anyway
When I was in school in Ottawa I always struggled with this. I wanted to take the train, but factoring in that there was usually a friend who wanted to come back to KW too, it was always WAY, WAY, WAY cheaper to drive.
If they legitimately want to get people out of cars it has to be (most of the time) cheaper or faster, or both. Right now it's neither (most of the time).