ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[GtwoK]

From here, the track would split: ...

Not passing judgement on the rest of it, but on this? Please, no. A one-way transit stop is one of the worst things. It's bad enough when the two directions are separated by a relatively short distance, but it's not really workable to have a rapid transit stop that lets you go in only one direction and have no way of getting back.

Alright, point taken. I had assumed that since it was done at a few points in phase 1 that it was a relatively normal thing to have, though I understand the qualms.

Now, Phase 3? I don't to clog the forum with a giant list of stops, but I will be very upset if it doesn't start at the Sunrise Center, travel down Ottawa to Homer Watson (could easily branch off to the Ottawa / Mill stop from here... not sure if that's a thing that helps infrastructure or not.), then travel down Homer Watson -> Fountain until eventually joining back up with Phase 2 at King / Eagle. There's a surplus of possible stops along this route, so it seems obvious to me!

Sorry, but what type of ridership demand would this meet? Beyond Conestoga College I don't think there's much demand in this corridor.

The Sunrise Center, a portion of Westmount,  the Laurentian area, St. Mary's / the Country Hills area, the Homer Watson Business Park, the Pioneer Park area, the Doon South area, and 2 campuses of Conestoga College (as well as the planned massive public recreational complex) were the areas I had been thinking of. Is that too small of a ridership area? I had thought that was pretty significant, but I might be wrong. As well, I'm not overly familiar with how LRT systems work, I had figured that once the system becomes less linear that trains would be able to travel all around, or at least have connecting stations to multiple lines. My suggestion could easily connect to the Mill /Ottawa, Block Line Rd, and Prestonsburg stations. 

I thought I was clever :/. Just a dream, I suppose.