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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(06-27-2019, 08:05 AM)SammyOES Wrote: I don’t blame Conestoga Mall for not giving up their parking spots for free.  Although I think a better business decision would have been to embrace the free week.  Advertise to people they could come and park this week only and then make it clear that once regular service starts they aren’t a park and ride.  

When I took a "tourist train" last Friday, I'd say 90% of the people on board walked towards the mall [I'm assuming they went shopping... there wasn't a huge line to get on the next train going back to Fairway].  So either they all parked in Conestoga to get the train, or Conestoga had a bunch of shoppers delivered to them.

Yes, there will be people who abuse the parking lot, but many will take the train to become shopper there and it will wash out in the end.

The only issue if nothing is done, you will have mall parking lots filled with students/workers paying for a $70 transit pass instead of the $130 parking downtown (or whatever University lots charge)

Coke
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Coke6pk - 07-05-2019, 03:33 PM
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