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I was confusing the 1 and the 20 when I was writing that.
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I'm worried about what September 2015 will look like in downtown. The decentralization of a few routes and connections between "Charles St. buses" and "non-Charles St. buses" might be messy when everything is still under construction and routes are on detours. I'm all for decentralization, it's just I'm wondering of it would be best to hold off until the dust has settled in 2017 (re:route 20 avoiding Charles St).
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Thanks for the link to the preferred option map; the inset clearly shows the 20's new routing.
My next question is what are the proposed stops for the 204 between Highland/Queen and Frederick/King?
The
preferred option map seems to show a stop on Highland at Queen, whereas the
map in the committee report seems to show the stop on Queen between Highland and Woodside.
The
preferred option map seems to show a stop on Queen at Joseph Schneider Haus, whereas the
map in the committee report seems to show the stop on Queen near Courtland.
The
preferred option map seems to show a stop on Frederick at King (Ion stop), whereas the
map in the committee report seems to show the stop on Benton at Charles.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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Gotta love when your bus is 7 minutes late, thus necessitating a 30 minute wait at your next stop as you're too late to make the connection that the GRT Trip Planner states.
Rubbish!
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GRT Spring Service started today, and I noticed on the way to work that there is now a 200 iXpress stop at King & Bridgeport. Unfortunately that seems to be the only new stop added - a Kitchener Market stop, at least on Saturdays, would be very convenient.
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Where is this iXpress stop at King and Bridgeport? I see no sign of it, either on King or on Bridgeport.
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I incorrectly reported on Twitter that the iXpress was indeed stopping at Weber/Victoria, because the first iXpress ride I took with the detour did stop there. That has never been repeated.
The Bridgeport stop is the regular #7 northbound stop at Bridgeport.
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Was there ever any discussion by GRT about a true express bus? Like, one that Starts at Conestoga Mall and stops at Say King/University, Waterloo Town Square, Victoria St (future train station), Fairview Mall, Somewhere practical in Cambridge, Ainsle St?
I find our current iXpress set up to be somewhat misleading and am left wondering what the express part of it is.
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