Public Transit Bee in my Bonnet

Those who live on the Lakeshore GO line have been enduring months of construction and upgrades to the tracks and platforms.

In my case, Clarkson has seen the addition of an extra track (now 3 tracks) and the installation of elevators on the platform.

Most people say that they can't wait for the improvements to be completed so that there will be more express trains and there is hope that off peak trains might run more than hourly.

This makes sense.  More trains during the rush hours and more frequent off peak trains will surely motivate more people to take the train rather than drive.  

There is only one small problem with this:  They haven't added any more parking to the GO stations.

I have had the experience of taking off peak trains.  When i used to drive to the station, I couldn't park once the morning crowd had arrived.  Every day i see dozens of cars parked illegally at my station as every legal spot is filled.  GO officers dutifully ticket those cars. 

GO transit states that the lakeshore line carries an average of 80 people on off peak trains.....which is just slightly below the capacity of 1200 per train.

I wonder how many more people would eschew the drive into the city in favour of the near empty GO trains if only they could find parking?