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Originally Posted by Multi-modal
Sure, but you can't build and sustain transit off special events, and on the average day it's not nearly as big of a draw.
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I wasn’t suggesting that it be built only for special events. Landsdowne does have more to it than special events. Having said that, special events are very common at Landsdowne (not daily but probably more than 50% of days have at least something going on). Politically it would have more support as more across the city want to go to Landsdowne than Montreal Rd.
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Montreal Road on the other hand has the Montfort, La Cité, and the NRC.
It also seems to me Montreal Road would be more open to further intensifcation than the Bank Street corridor. You're already seeing the slow march of condos eastward along Rideau Street, plus you have Waterridge Village adding more residents to the catchment area.
Finally, if you check out the cbc news story breaking down mode choice in each ward, Vanier has much higher transit ridership than Capital Ward, and I don't see this trend changing too much going forward.
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Good points but unlike Montreal road, Bank st has a better potential for extensions to draw ridership from the suburbs. I know there are 2 other routes, but neither go downtown, where as the Confedtion line downtown does.
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