11-03-2015, 10:56 AM
(11-03-2015, 10:40 AM)Markster Wrote: Circuitous? It's one of the straightest routes in the city! And the King closure at the railway tracks made it even more so. I know it is not literally the straightest line from Conestoga Mall to Charles St Terminal via Bridge St, but it's pretty darn close.
Straightest in the city? I guess I'm viewing it as someone who takes it from (more-or-less) downtown Kitchener nearly all the way to the mall- it seems like it goes really far out to get to Bridge, only to eventually come back towards the King corridor on Northfield. I know it's a far cry from the 'U' I see in my mind when I think about it like that, but I wouldn't call it straight either. I also have no good idea of how Bridgeport could be served without it (yes, I do: extremely frequent service along Erb and Bridgeport, and quick connections to Ion along the King corridor).
(11-03-2015, 10:40 AM)Markster Wrote: I have wondered why GRT seems so hesitant to do 3-times-an-hour routes.
I don't understand this. Routes like this one could probably justify twenty minute frequency. Maybe not fifteen minutes, but it seems like they don't consider three buses an hour to be an option. So a lot of routes are stuck with half-hourly service, which is quite bad for the peak period.