08-23-2015, 04:01 AM
(08-22-2015, 10:58 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: I still don't see what's wrong with keeping two bus stations, one in Kitchener (mostly likely King and Victoria) and one in Cambridge (now Galt, eventually closer to the highway I hope). Is having a bus station in Cambridge that offensive?
It's not about being "more important" - it's about the ridiculousness of riding a bus for nearly an hour just to double back on the route they already took when the could just go to a bus stop close to the 401 and closer to home in half that time. Hardly anyone lives directly on the aBRT route; they have to take their own local routes to the nearest aBRT route first. Why make it less convenient to catch a bus than it already is? Moving the nearest intercity bus station to another town is hardly going to encourage ridership.
I agree with this, and honestly I think the idea of moving the Kitchener intercity bus terminal to Fairview is a bit like moving it to another town. Downtown transit terminals are where it's at, and also allow make the most sense when (not if) trains are again in the picture.