11-20-2019, 07:46 AM
(11-20-2019, 07:17 AM)Rainrider22 Wrote:(11-20-2019, 01:30 AM)taylortbb Wrote: You're not going to find a citation in public records, but I can confirm the veracity of Dan's statement. I talked privately with the region about the issue (as a part of TriTAG), and Cadillac Fairview definitely didn't want the bus terminal on their property. Management views bus riders as just taking up space and using facilities meant for paying customers, without ever buying anything.You mean like when they started ticketing anyone who parked their car there and rode on the LRT ?
Conestoga Mall is quite the contrast, where management views bus riders as a key source of customers, and has been extremely accommodating of GRT.
Of course this may have something to do with the different demographics of transit ridership between the two areas.
Also, what does demographics have to do with it. Many people ride transit irrespective of their socially economic status. You statement implies that people boarding the train in the south are not as well off as people boarding a train in North Waterloo.... I board the train with my family at Fairview, I can advise that my income is well above that of the median income of Waterloo..
He's discussing the perspective of Cadillac Fairview, but you're challenging generalities with specific examples. Many people ride transit of many different socially economic statuses, and you are proof that many or at least some people with above-average incomes board at Fairview. But on average? I think it's probably true that "people boarding the train in the south are not [generally] as well off as people boarding a train in North Waterloo."
Fairview Cadillac's view is wrongheaded regardless, though, and not defensible even if it's true that transit riders on average spend less money at stores than motorists. I'm pretty close to equidistant from Conestoga or Fairview, but I won't be going to the latter- forget it. The comments about waiting in a vestibule (I do that with my kids for a couple of minutes sometimes when it's cold) don't exactly make me feel welcome.