04-14-2021, 06:34 PM
(04-14-2021, 05:41 PM)Bytor Wrote:(04-13-2021, 07:16 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I don't know why we keep saying that Homer-Watson doesn't warrant an LRT line.
Nobody's say that though. What's being said is that Homer Watson doesn't warrant as an LRT line yet. That is an important distinction.
(04-13-2021, 07:16 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: If Homer-Watson doesn't than Sportsworld absolutely does not.
Unfortunately that's incorrect.
First is the some ridership metrics. More riders go through the Sportsworld corridor to Cambridge than through the Homer Watson corridor to Conestoga College.
The second would be number of commercial/job destinations within walking distance from the proposed Sportsworld Station. There is very little of that along Homer Watson., and with the exception of Green Valley Drive, the residential areas withing 800m walking distance of Homer Watson are around 10-15pp/ha, so very non-dense.
At this point in time there is a paucity of high value destinations between Block Line or Fairway Stations and Conestoga College, so even by itself Sportsworld is the better choice, and it becomes exceptionally better as it is the shorter route from Fairway to Preston.
(04-13-2021, 07:16 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: But in that case there are more people and jobs along Homer-Watson.
No, there are not.
Yes there are...aside from the College which has tens of thousands of students (not all at the Doon campus), the doon area has many many times the population of Deer Ridge/Pioneer Tower. The Doon area also has several higher density developments where Deer Ridge/Pioneer Tower is exclusively low density. Sportsworld has more commercial developments yes, but Doon is not entirely devoid of such developments, just fewer, and less car dependent as they are smaller (not many folks are going to take the LRT to costco).
But feel free to provide evidence proving I am wrong.
And as I explained in the previous comment, the existing ridership at Sportsworld is captive, they are almost exclusively transfers and can just be moved anywhere that is more convenient (and in fact, do not occur at the proposed location of the LRT station).