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Originally Posted by SevenSquared
Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I expect a lot more people will use public transit to get to the Centre than most people think, simply because of the growing perception (exaggerated or not) that it'll be way less of a headache to bus there than trying to find a parking spot and risk getting booted. For many who live near a main route, the bus suddenly appears to be the most attractive option.
Anecdotally, a lot of people I talk to who don't live on main lines are expecting to park at Champlain Place/Trinity and take the bus from there.
I'd be shocked if there wasn't a trial run the first year such as: extend main routes to 10pm or so on regular game/event nights, extend most/all routes on the 5-10 occasions where they'll have 8k+ (huge concerts, Wildcats finals). Depending on ridership numbers, adjust after year one.
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After the lock out there where 3, or 4 bus lines that ran ti'll Midnight. There did not seem to be enough need for these runs to go ti'll that long but with Moncton Trying to expand, and compete longer hours for public transit might be a great option since it does not seem like the city knows what is, and isn't public parking. But we still need at least one parking structure in Downtown. I don't see the city being on board with any parking structure since they denied the Moncton Hospitals plans to turn there parking lot in front of the structure a 2-4 story parking garage.
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