03-18-2017, 01:15 PM
Greenhouse Road is going to become a major road with the new subdivision. I don't really see the big deal with buses coming down it instead of coming down the other road that the cars come in on. It'll be a trivial difference in time.
There should absolutely be a connection to Fountain street and I suspect it'll be built, although possibly not right away. I believe its ultimately suppose to connect with the Ottawa street extension over the Grand River (which I think is nothing more than a line on a map drawn by a consultant at this point).
Putting it on Shantz Station road would likely require Shantz Station road to be improved/expanded significantly. Not cheap or easy. Putting it next to Fountain isn't really realistic with the terrain/environment. There's also the matter of expropriating land. I believe the proposed location is in the new development land and not on existing agricultural land.
I think the need to have trains slow down between Waterloo/Guelph, is actually really shitty. But I also don't think its a good idea to try to build massive parking in downtown Kitchener or downtown Guelph to handle a big influx of ridership. I suspect there are lots of people willing to do the relatively easy drive to an area with lots of parking that wouldn't be willing to drive downtown to catch the train.
There should absolutely be a connection to Fountain street and I suspect it'll be built, although possibly not right away. I believe its ultimately suppose to connect with the Ottawa street extension over the Grand River (which I think is nothing more than a line on a map drawn by a consultant at this point).
Putting it on Shantz Station road would likely require Shantz Station road to be improved/expanded significantly. Not cheap or easy. Putting it next to Fountain isn't really realistic with the terrain/environment. There's also the matter of expropriating land. I believe the proposed location is in the new development land and not on existing agricultural land.
I think the need to have trains slow down between Waterloo/Guelph, is actually really shitty. But I also don't think its a good idea to try to build massive parking in downtown Kitchener or downtown Guelph to handle a big influx of ridership. I suspect there are lots of people willing to do the relatively easy drive to an area with lots of parking that wouldn't be willing to drive downtown to catch the train.