01-14-2015, 03:29 PM
(01-14-2015, 01:10 PM)clasher Wrote: Besides, the parking at St. Jacobs will probably be free so it's not like there isn't a car-culture friendly alternative out there.
At peak times (Saturdays or mid-summer), the St. Jacobs market parking lot is full and cars spill into neighbouring parking lots. Often cars will circle looking for closer parking rather than parking further away. I park across Weber Street in the Market-owned lot and use a wagon to take my goods from the Market to my car. I have heard rumours that they are exploring some sort of parking structure to handle the increasing number of cars.
Similarly, I wonder how Conestoga Mall (and to a lesser extent, Fairview Mall) plans to deal with Park-and-Ride traffic that boards the Ion to travel south (or north). Regional staff have told me that they hope that users from outside the Region to drive to these stations and then continue their journeys to the cores by LRT. Could we someday see the malls expand up while including a couple levels of underground parking?