02-12-2024, 05:28 PM
(02-12-2024, 02:08 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(02-11-2024, 11:34 PM)Bytor Wrote: Even I haven't found a transit trip on GRT that is faster than driving. Though I count convenience and practicality by more than just a ridiculously simplistic metric of time
Uptown mall to Waterloo park petting zoo is a good bet. but yes, in Waterloo they are rare due to our a) massive investment in roads and b) limited investment in transit which doesn’t get stuck in transit.
Obviously there can only be faster transit trips when transit isn’t stuck in traffic. Which is one reason why so much of our country doesn’t believe transit can ever be faster.
Its also worth noting that google maps lies about car travel times so it won’t actually tell you which is faster. And I do mean lies, because it only counts time driving, not parking, or walking to/from your car. Which of course it includes this time for transit.
Also again going to point out that (e)bikes are often the fastest way to get around anything that one should consider a city. (Is Waterloo a city? Well...)