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ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
(04-18-2021, 11:48 PM)dunkalunk Wrote: I'm also of the opinion that the route through Cambridge is too indirect if the intention is to get to downtown Galt.

That's not the main intention though, they want the LRT to service the most frequented areas of the city. That includes "downtown Preston" and a huge chunk of what is unfortunately just low-rise industrial and retail down Hespeler Road so the chosen route makes the most sense. I think by the middle of this century, we'll see a lot of that low-rise development get redeveloped into a new planned urban space.

(04-19-2021, 07:22 AM)jamincan Wrote: I think in that hypothetical situation, the bus would like be routed via Fountain, not the 401.

Oops, yeah I forgot that Fountain went there. That would make a Homer Watson LRT terminus make even less sense as it would add 8 kilometers of extra driving for a bus to get to Maple Grove/Fountain, not to mention add even more wasted time for transit riders themselves.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by ac3r - 04-19-2021, 08:49 AM

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