12-24-2022, 07:51 PM
(12-24-2022, 02:36 PM)Bytor Wrote:(12-20-2022, 10:51 AM)taylortbb Wrote: That said, GrandLinq pays a penalty whenever the region has to substitute with buses. GrandLinq also has a ridership incentive payment. So there's definitely some amount of pressure on GrandLinq here to try to solve this better.
Well, this is their fifth winter running at least some trams, and the fourth one (19-20, 20-21, 21-22, 22-23) running at service levels, so why haven't they figured this particular issue out yet? Keolis is tha GrandLinq partner doing the actual tram operations and they are an international company with lots of experience running trams, so why did they not draw on that to solve this problem after the first time it shut down service in the 2019/20 winter?
I did say "some amount of pressure", the "some" qualifier is important. It's also possible they've determined that the fix costs more than the penalty they pay for making GRT substitute with buses, so they've decided they have no interest in fixing the issue.