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Originally Posted by Jacob
I completely agree. There is a bit of a wait at customs but it isn't extreme enough to warrant a brand new plaza. This is a large sum of money that needs to go towards repaving windsor's crumbling streets or to improving the public transit system, two things that are in need of some serious work.
Too many streets in the city are crumbling and full of potholes, people's vehicles are being severely damaged and it is only a matter of time before the city of Windsor begins to receive lawsuits over damages and injuries.
As for Transit windsor, the system is a joke. buses are constantly late or full, the workers become stressed and often take out their frustrations on passengers, and there are simply not enough buses in the system.More routes need to be implemented and many routes would benefit greatly from more constant buses.
For the destruction of Goyeau, this could be a very bad move. This is a slightly important artery that would be closed, increasing traffic on nearby side streets and on Oullette.
I would like to see the city stop focusing on roads and focus more on public transit. Many cities have seen major revitalization after the implementation of a modern streetcar system (Portland Oregon comes to mind). I think Windsor would be a great place to build one of these systems, maybe not on Oullette but a nearby sidestreet (pelissier for example). These systems are costly but have great effects on local areas. also, if part of the street were closed to vehicles or if it ran on an area off the street would improve efficiency. Many people will use the systems simply because it is enjoyable, increasing foot traffic. Hopefully SOMEBODY agrees with me?
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I do agree Transit Windsor needs a lot of work. It was said in a recent article that Transit Windsor hasn't changed it's bus routes in almost 30 years. The city has grown since then and it's amazing the bus routes are the same. The main problem is it takes practically forever to get anywhere on the bus. Mind you I haven't taken the bus in almost 15 years, but for example if you want to go downtown from say Forest Glade on the 1C it takes about an hour. The Ottawa 4 was even worse!
The city needs to come up with a few express routes to get people from one side of the city to the other faster.
On the idea of a trolley, well I agree and disagree. A tracked trolley would cost alot of money to install and maintain, especially for a city like Windsor that is struggling financially. I believe an electric bus type of trolley system could work in the downtown area and possibly shuttle between the university district since the university will be locating 2 satellite campuses downtown in the Windsor Star building on Ferry and in the Armouries. I think it would help tie these campuses together and leave them feeling not soo marooned and out of place from the rest of the university campus.
I also agree the roads are shit and falling apart. I just wrote Eddie Francis a few hours ago complaining about graffiti tags in old Riverside (especially since someone just tagged one of the beautiful murals)
I also slipped it in really quickly that Wyandotte between Drouillard and old Riverside is falling apart and everything combined is really bringing down the area in my opinion.
At first I was all for the aquatic centre thinking yay! No more empty parking lots downtown, finally something is going to be built! The more I think about it now the more I think how can we spend this type of money on this development when some of our major roads are shit?
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