Grand River Transit

[Bytor]

I wonder if it would make more sense to have it go from Fairway Station to YKF? That feels more convenient to more people.

[ac3r]

Not really.

The Sportsworld terminal is closer to the 401 and 8 highways, GO buses, local buses and eventually a nearby LRT station and sits between two cities. It has significantly more useful transportation connections for both local and regional airport users. Fairway is more of a small local node served only by the LRT and a handful of local bus routes. A significant amount of people flying in and out of YKF are not from Waterloo Region, they're from all over the surrounding area, so being able to take a GO bus or drive on the 401 to get dropped off to catch a bus to the airport has much more utility.

[clasher]

Why would someone drive to sportsworld to get dropped off instead of just getting dropped off at the airport?

[ac3r]

There are plenty of reasons. The point is that Sportsworld makes more sense, especially if they also build that GO train spur from Cambridge. It would be a short bus or LRT trip to Sportsworld, then to the airport. There's just a much greater number of possible transit connections there.

[dunkalunk]

I wonder if it would make more sense to have it go from Fairway Station to YKF? That feels more convenient to more people.

The real issue is that ION is one stop too short. It'll require another transfer to get from Fairway to Sportworld and then Sportsword to anywhere else. What should be a 15 minute drive from Downtown Kitchener to the Airport is a 1+ hour long bus ride.

YKF is an intermittent destination, but that same transfer penalty applies to anyone working or going to school in the Cambridge Industrial park.