06-16-2017, 12:22 PM
It's interesting to see that. In Ottawa, Place D'Orleans used to be the eastern extent of the BRT line. The mall there required that a park and ride lot be build across the expressway from the mall terminal (buses do go to it, but only downtown-bound). Signs were up right beside the mall terminal saying that no one could park for transit.
Today, the mall is a ghost of its former self. The Bay scaled way back in size, Walmart left for the equivalent of the Boardwalk, and there's even a car dealership in the mall (hallmark of decline). Now the mall actually creates park and ride spots...in the bottom of an underused two-level parking structure, one that you have to walk through the mall to get to (likely hoping to convert some users to more frequent mall shoppers).
Today, the mall is a ghost of its former self. The Bay scaled way back in size, Walmart left for the equivalent of the Boardwalk, and there's even a car dealership in the mall (hallmark of decline). Now the mall actually creates park and ride spots...in the bottom of an underused two-level parking structure, one that you have to walk through the mall to get to (likely hoping to convert some users to more frequent mall shoppers).