Personally, this whole situation doesn't effect me as I bought a condo within walking distance of City Centre station, so unless it's -20, I'm walking to the train station. When the West leg of the LRT is built, I'll be two blocks from a station.
But, one way that the city is trying to increase ridership is by building more high rises in areas directly around C-Train stations, so that people can walk to the train instead of having to use Park n Ride. Transit Oriented Development Plans are already being thrown around for Chinook, Brentwood, Banff Trail, Anderson, stations, but there seems to be a lot of concern from nearby residents over these types of developments.
Just for the sake of argument, would anyone consider moving closer to the train station to be able to walk? Maybe not for the posters with families, but for the young 20 somethings entering the housing market, would you consider it?
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