(07-16-2015, 12:52 AM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Why is there no bus that runs the length of Weber St? ... If someone has a good explanation for why they don't run such a route, I'd be very interested and open to hearing it.
Because for a long time the transit system in Kitchener was designed as a hub-and-spoke system based on a downtown terminal. In the last few years GRT has been redesigning the network to be a modified grid pattern, in a piecemeal way. A lot of that is waiting for the LRT to open before pulling out most of the rest of the routes from the terminal. In the reports on the 2015 service changes, GRT planners made it clear that in 2017 they will be looking to rationalize Route 7 and Route 8, so service along much of the length of Weber Street is possible.
The 8 is an interesting route - it's an odd routing that connects up closer-in suburban areas with each other, which has surprisingly high demand.