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Originally Posted by HamiltonForward
Personally, I would like to see the City start with a regular bus line (not an express like the B or A lines) that goes from the Downtown, down York Blvd, down Plains Rd (northwesterly) then Highway 6 to Clappison's Corners and then continue east on Dundas/Highway 5 until Mill Street.
Of course, Area Rating is a big financial barrier to any transit expansion in that area.
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This area rating bullshit has got to go. Can't expand transit to the suburban places that may benefit from transit with it, can't keep the suburban councilors happy without it. Something's got to give here.
I think an express up Hwy 6 from downtown, with only a couple of stops along the way to the highway on York Blvd, would make sense... let it then make more stops across Waterdown. Subsidize the damn thing if need be. It would support the kind of development
talked about in that proposal, especially if it turns out to be "very young staff" who will be employed in the business park. Some may be able to live nearby, but some will want to be downtown. And some may commute from farther afield. An alternative to the auto mode is warranted.