It would be "unethical" for GRT to charge $3.25 for someone taking a 5 minute bus ride and *not* let them turn around and use that ticket for their return trip.
Back in the olden times when the 7 and 200 stopped in Uptown Waterloo, I would regularly get off my iXpress from work, do my shopping at ValuMart, and get on a 7 to take my groceries home. When that stopped being an option, I switched to getting grocery deliveries from WalMart. The economy benefits when you allow brief stops - I know there are plenty of times I've been on a streetcar in Toronto and seen an interesting shop that I'd never disembark to check out because of the strict transfer requirement. Unfortunately what's good for the city economy isn't necessarily good for the bottom line of the transit agency.
Back in the olden times when the 7 and 200 stopped in Uptown Waterloo, I would regularly get off my iXpress from work, do my shopping at ValuMart, and get on a 7 to take my groceries home. When that stopped being an option, I switched to getting grocery deliveries from WalMart. The economy benefits when you allow brief stops - I know there are plenty of times I've been on a streetcar in Toronto and seen an interesting shop that I'd never disembark to check out because of the strict transfer requirement. Unfortunately what's good for the city economy isn't necessarily good for the bottom line of the transit agency.