01-06-2016, 05:55 PM
(01-06-2016, 05:18 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: At some point, it seemed that GRT decided that even with the eventual intermodal hub, they would want to keep the Charles terminal. So buses would be told to hub/spoke at Conestoga Mall, Fairview Park Mall, and Charles. ION itself would encourage a grid approach, and the intermodal hub would somewhat provide cover for doing both jobs, and hopefully not ending up with a worse system than either would be on its own.
My understanding of GRT's rationale is that even with a shift to a more grid-like system and reorganization of routes to run to ION stations, there will still need to be a facility in downtown to terminate non-interlined routes and to schedule driver breaks and changeovers. There will still be a push to align GRT service with ION stations, but Charles St will still need to play a role for operations, at least until the intermodal hub is constructed.