Grand River Transit

[danbrotherston]

Coming from Elmira I'd much rather park at the mall and take Ion than try and find parking in town.

The other option would be to extend the hours of GRT route 21 to match Ions.

I've never understood this.  Not that I think you shouldn't do this, certainly I'm a transit supporter, but when I am driving, I would definitely not park at a park and ride and take transit.  I find zero difficulty in finding parking even downtown or uptown. I do concede that parking DT and some lots uptown might be more expensive than a transit pass if parking for a month, I suppose, although this is only true for solo occupant vehicles.

I simply don't think the business case is there to support large park and ride lots, given the ease of driving and parking in our city. As others have pointed out, this could change with Phase 2.