10-30-2019, 03:07 PM
The 500m walk is from the existing transit terminal. Maybe GRT changes at the time will remove it's importance, but it certainly removes current connections GO transit.
I get the long term horizons and am in favour of LRT. But if this is the intent then we shouldn't be permitting current construction on unsuitable buildings, it's just a waste of resources. Buildings should last 100+ years not 15. I can see why its on Hespeler Rd, but we need to find a sensible way to remove the majority of traffic and ideally place the stops on the curbside. Otherwise you are just raising pedestrian/car interactions and I have little faith that we will adequately remove traffic or prevent accidents due to the generally poor level of driving. The whole plan just feels half baked to appease too many people, Hespeler Rd is just like Fairway, horrible in design and dangerous for anyone not driving, I don't see how adding transit in the middle will change this perception for the majority.
I get the long term horizons and am in favour of LRT. But if this is the intent then we shouldn't be permitting current construction on unsuitable buildings, it's just a waste of resources. Buildings should last 100+ years not 15. I can see why its on Hespeler Rd, but we need to find a sensible way to remove the majority of traffic and ideally place the stops on the curbside. Otherwise you are just raising pedestrian/car interactions and I have little faith that we will adequately remove traffic or prevent accidents due to the generally poor level of driving. The whole plan just feels half baked to appease too many people, Hespeler Rd is just like Fairway, horrible in design and dangerous for anyone not driving, I don't see how adding transit in the middle will change this perception for the majority.