07-10-2017, 07:33 AM
The thing to do now is to evaluate the Maple Grove routing against the other alternative always on the table, 'Do Nothing.'
@DHLawrence, I don't think you can compare the R&T Park to Maple Grove. A station at Maple Grove and Fountain would theoretically serve Toyota and Loblaw's, but I think it's highly unlikely that a significant number of Toyota employees would walk across fields of parking from the Ion stop to the factory. Nor is there a lot of redevelopment opportunity- Toyota is not (we hope) going anywhere any time soon.
I'd be curious to learn about other LRT systems that go through industrial areas. It doesn't seem the best idea at all, unless those industrial areas really do happen to be on the way.
@DHLawrence, I don't think you can compare the R&T Park to Maple Grove. A station at Maple Grove and Fountain would theoretically serve Toyota and Loblaw's, but I think it's highly unlikely that a significant number of Toyota employees would walk across fields of parking from the Ion stop to the factory. Nor is there a lot of redevelopment opportunity- Toyota is not (we hope) going anywhere any time soon.
I'd be curious to learn about other LRT systems that go through industrial areas. It doesn't seem the best idea at all, unless those industrial areas really do happen to be on the way.