Grand River Transit

[ijmorlan]

I've been told that the negotiation between GRT and UW resulted in an agreement to not increase the number of buses going through Ring Road, which sounds reasonable considering the number of people on foot on Ring Road. (There are some other people-friendly conditions in the agreement as well). So I'm guessing that routing the 201 through the plaza offsets the elimination of the 200, but that adding 201 and 202 would constitute an increase. Probably the best thing is to route the 202 through Seagram station.

But isn’t actually reasonable, given that a much larger reduction in use of Ring Road with an impact on fewer people could be obtained by restricting non-bus traffic. Imagine if the space in front of DC was two culs-de-sac, with a bus-only link running through. Then there would be no through traffic other than buses, just people doing drop-offs and pick-ups in that area. This reminds me a bit of the ridiculous opposition to running the iXpress down Central St. which didn’t say anything about non-bus traffic.