06-07-2024, 03:22 PM
(03-22-2024, 06:47 PM)ac3r Wrote: A lack of transit at present time doesn't mean the area doesn't deserve recreational facilities. It's a rapidly growing area that will have thousands of people living in new subdivisions and high density condo/apartment blocks. Adding transit routes comes generally comes after you develop an area, not before.
Stuff like this will only help to improve transit by offering new residents a destination to seek transit access to. The more people that move to live and work in the area, the more demand for transit goes up. Keep in mind the population projections for our region. In the next 2 decades, we're likely going to have close to a million people living here. Areas like this will slowly improve, but it takes time.
"Eventually" isn't good enough. It just shows, yet again, that transit users are second-class citizens. Public transit access *must* be front of mind when choosing where in a city to place a rec complex that everybody will use, not just those who drive.