09-11-2017, 07:46 AM
(09-11-2017, 07:07 AM)Canard Wrote: It is, but I should point out we've known this for years:
http://rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca/...7RFPV3.pdf
I don't remember when the Project Agreement documents came online but I think it was like 2014.
30 minutes is awful, I agree. 15 minutes is barely acceptable. You can see now why they really don't want to open the system with anything less than the full compliment of trains!
Well, I don’t know about that — 30 minute service can be provide by 3, maybe 4 vehicles, so I don’t know why we need to wait for the rest to arrive. The problem would be the 30 minute service all the time, not just Sunday evening or whenever.
Actually, more seriously, I think opening with 15 minute service all the time would be OK. You would be at the target frequency in low-traffic times, and I think people would understand the service not ramping up to planned peak service when the vehicles to do so are not yet available.
I think the service should run at 15 minute frequency at worst. The only incremental cost of running more service is the payroll and some vehicle wear — everything else has been paid for.