ShonTron
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^ Now that's consultation!
I might go on the 9th, for the hell of it. Anyone else interested?
I'll bring along my straw hat and loud striped jacket for a Lyle Lanley impersonation.
I disagree - why should I pay the same to travel 1 to 1.5 hours on transit, as I do to go 5 stops on a 3-minute ride to get groceries?If the discussion goes beyond "one system, one fare" then the discussion is going in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
I disagree - why should I pay the same to travel 1 to 1.5 hours on transit, as I do to go 5 stops on a 3-minute ride to get groceries?
What I meant was that a Mississauga Transit rider should not have to pay an extra fare to use the transitway over their regular mixed-traffic bus fare - just like YRT riders can transfer to and from VIVA without paying anything extra.
YRT/VIVA is one system, one fare. So should MT/Transitway
What sort of mentality guided the planning department.
As for the condominiums popping up all around the SQ1 area, they need to designed with store front units on the ground level. Only 1 condominium on the west side of square one currently has that in place. the rest of them are useless towers. It makes you wonder who got paid off to allow these units to rise up. What sort of mentality guides the planning department.
What does it matter to mass transit infrastructure that there's storefront units in condos? Square One with every possible amenity imaginable is right there in proximity. We don't don't need to overload the area with an incessant ad space venue for chain stores, 5 McDonald's in a 500 yard radius, etc.
But back on point, the MT transitway would largely route along the industrial areas around Eglinton in east 'Sauga. Hence speed and reliability should be on par with your standard BRT system. A subway to Square One would do even less for street life in MCC than BRT would, since stores' potential customer base would be funneled underground, not in view of condofront shops, to a station which would exit directly into Mississauga's largest shopping centre.
I hope the province comes through on its rumour and makes public transit a provincial responsibility. Have one transit system run by the province. The current one in mississauga will never work. Buses are proven to be ineffective. They can only travel as fast as the slow cars in front of them. I've been calling for a subway for years and I will continue to do so.
Bang on, at least on one topic.
Subway to the MCC would bring huge benefits to the MCC area.