04-18-2021, 09:26 PM
(04-18-2021, 04:30 PM)jamincan Wrote: I really don't see how you can say that bus service from Conestoga College on Homer Watson is no different than bus service from Sportsworld. The difference between a 5-min ride and a 15-min ride is substantial. You might think that the difference in ridership from that would be minimal, and by all means, make that argument and support it, but it is intellectually dishonest to continue to maintain that there is no difference.
This is very true. A difference of a few minutes is still significant in many respects, namely for convenience of the riders but also the logistics of the trips. Cutting down extra trip distance also saves on the wear and tear of the infrastructure - the buses themselves, the bus stops and the roads they operate on (it may not seem significant, but an extra 6km each way wears things down). It even means more garbage cans to empty and bus stops to plow/salt in the winter.
Another issue using a hypothetical Conestoga College station if it did go down Homer Watson would be how do you get from there to the Fountain/Maple Grove area? You'd need routes 67, 72 and 203 to gun it down Highway 401 at high speeds.