Moving some of the buses from D&R is a little simpler than you all may think. Just one block north and south of Dundas we have King and Queen, both streets one way and in opposite directions. I have said for many years keep the #2 bus (the Dundas) on Dundas and move the other buses over to King and Queen. The LTC already does so for when there is construction in the core.
As for north/south routes that is slightly more complicated, but there are already 2 routes on Wellington, but not a single route that goes past Vic Park. Would it not be nice to grab a bus and head downtown for a festival without needing to walk far, I know it sounds lazy but how many people do you know that take their car to the corner store?
Another things that drastically needs to be changed with every bus that goes to the core is to start staggering the times in which they arrive and leave. Just about every bus that goes to D&R or even to the core gather and leave on the :00, :15, :30 and :45 which adds to the amount of people standing in one area as generally one stop will service 2 or more routes. Added to that with all directions leaving roughly at once, if your bus is delayed by traffic, construction or whatever chances are you will miss the connecting bus that everyone says that is the reason for the same arrival/departure times.
By moving the buses around, changing the departure times will make the core look busier to perspective investors that will open up shops and businesses that everyone will use and not just these "high end" boutiques that tend to only bring in the wealthiest of London that only want to come and go once they are done. I have lived in downtown London for nearly 14 years and in that time I have heard tons of talk on change, but I see nothing happening.
Moving some of the buses from D&R is a little simpler than you all may think. Just one block north and south of Dundas we have King and Queen, both streets one way and in opposite directions. I have said for many years keep the #2 bus (the Dundas) on Dundas and move the other buses over to King and Queen. The LTC already does so for when there is construction in the core.
As for north/south routes that is slightly more complicated, but there are already 2 routes on Wellington, but not a single route that goes past Vic Park. Would it not be nice to grab a bus and head downtown for a festival without needing to walk far, I know it sounds lazy but how many people do you know that take their car to the corner store?
Another things that drastically needs to be changed with every bus that goes to the core is to start staggering the times in which they arrive and leave. Just about every bus that goes to D&R or even to the core gather and leave on the :00, :15, :30 and :45 which adds to the amount of people standing in one area as generally one stop will service 2 or more routes. Added to that with all directions leaving roughly at once, if your bus is delayed by traffic, construction or whatever chances are you will miss the connecting bus that everyone says that is the reason for the same arrival/departure times.
By moving the buses around, changing the departure times will make the core look busier to perspective investors that will open up shops and businesses that everyone will use and not just these "high end" boutiques that tend to only bring in the wealthiest of London that only want to come and go once they are done. I have lived in downtown London for nearly 14 years and in that time I have heard tons of talk on change, but I see nothing happening.