Grand River Transit

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ION ought to be able to make the Northfield hook out through the tech park and university a lot quicker than the 200, and with more comfort and shorter load times too.
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Those who need access to parts of King not served by ION will find a route 7 leaving Conestoga Mall every 7.5 minutes during peak, if the current route restructuring plans go through. They also won't have to share it with as many riders who reject the 200 because they noticed that currently, the 7 is about 8 minutes faster from Conestoga Mall to Uptown Waterloo and Charles Street Terminal.

Taking a look at the map, ION should certainly be able to do the Northfield hook faster.
From the Mall to the Uptown stop:
1) The 7 has 13 signalized intersections to cross and up to 12 stops to make. (4.3km) It's scheduled to do this in 15 minutes, which is an average speed of 17.2km/h.
2) ION will have 9 signalized intersections and only 4 intermediate stops. (6.2km) And the ability to travel at quite a good speed along some of that. ION just needs an average speed of 24.8km/h to get to Uptown in the same time.