KhalilHeron
Active Member
I mean in this area the horse & buggy modal share is def higher than the provincial average
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urbancog
Active Member
When / if ML builds the Breslau station there will be a closer connection point, but still 8 km with the current road setup:
nfitz
Superstar
There's virtually no demand. The demand is so slow, that the taxi company in Kitchener, lists fares to the airports in Hamilton, Toronto, and London. I'd expect all to have more demand from KW than Kitchener.
There probably are more horse and buggies up and down that road, than pedestrians!
If one really wants to use transit, why not just use the GRT Route 79 on-demand service - it's only $3.50, and connects with other GRT routes at Lackner and Victoria?
https://www.grt.ca/en/schedules-maps/route-79-breslau.aspx
denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
I think we should use buses to fill these gaps ie Guelph-Kitchener. The Milton line is more of a straight shot but it takes cars off the road.
Metroscapes
Active Member
They're currently building a new road and massive parking lot at the south end of the airport property, and it includes a bus stop. I'm pretty sure it's for a shuttle from the lot to the terminal. It's certainly a car-centric airport but I do find it mid boggling they can't package a GRT route that hits both Breslau's old village centre and the airport. They run buses all the way up to Elmira, and west to Baden and New Hamburg for crying out loud!
nfitz
Superstar
I'd have thought that the existing GRT on-demand service would be more convenient than a fixed (and probably very infrequent) route.
Garuda
Active Member
Build a line right now? No.
Acquire the right of way for future heavy rail use? Yes.
I'd like to see a GRT bus to the airport from Breslau once it opens. That'll make the airport very popular for budget flights with students with all day train service.
Willybru21
Active Member
Would GO Urban have been a good idea if it was built?
nfitz
Superstar
I thought it was called GO ALRT. Which we've discussed extensively in the past. - https://transittoronto.ca/regional/2107.shtml
Was GO Urban an earlier version?
JSF-1
Active Member
To me probably not, it just seems like it would be a gadgetbahn. GO ALRT would have been a far better idea since it would still use conventional rail with the added bonus of the lines it operated on being electrified and having high-level platforms. I think if ALRT had been built it could have kick started electrification of the rest of the GO network in time as well converting it to high-level platforms. Who knows what todays rolling stock would look like, maybe highly modified version of the ICTS Mk.II and III's or maybe more generic off the shelf EMU's with high boarding doors.
JSF-1
Active Member
Yes GO Urban was probably the first major idea that came around during the early days of the Provinces tinkering with Mag-Lev technology. Eventually I believe the GO URBAN Mag-lev tech would be merged with the GO ALRT trains to form the ICTS trains we know today.
ShonTron
Moderator
GO ALRT would have been an early version of the REM network being built in Montreal right now.
Willybru21
Active Member
GO Urban was an earlier version of GO ALRT, it was a much more ambitious project which even included GO networks in Hamilton and Ottawa, you can read more about it here:https://cancelledtoronto.ca/1970/go-urban
kalis0490
New Member
In a way the current Ontario line and the proposed 407 light metro which will connect to the Ontario line are both spiritual successors of GO - Urban
Krypto98
Active Member
If money is no object, the Fergus sub would be a better option.