10-12-2017, 02:16 PM
My wife and I were also disappointed by the ION station locations in the North. The conversation evolved into the various transits faults we saw in our respective tours of action at UW, then finally into a proposed solution.
I give you: The Dumb University Monorail
At under 4km in length, this prohibitively-expensive fully-automated line would serve thousands of University students who would walk or bus anyway and have no use for higher-order transit. It connects with the UW Transit Plaza but otherwise interacts very poorly with existing and planned transit, making it a philosophical fit with our current systems. It serves the undersized Columbia Lake Townhouses, the pleasantly close UW Residences, the as-yet-unbuilt Transit Plaza, the criminally over-bussed Wilfred Laurier, and the notably dangerous University/King.
I also presume it would use its own, incompatible fare system.
What do you think?
I give you: The Dumb University Monorail
At under 4km in length, this prohibitively-expensive fully-automated line would serve thousands of University students who would walk or bus anyway and have no use for higher-order transit. It connects with the UW Transit Plaza but otherwise interacts very poorly with existing and planned transit, making it a philosophical fit with our current systems. It serves the undersized Columbia Lake Townhouses, the pleasantly close UW Residences, the as-yet-unbuilt Transit Plaza, the criminally over-bussed Wilfred Laurier, and the notably dangerous University/King.
I also presume it would use its own, incompatible fare system.
What do you think?