12-12-2014, 11:12 AM
(12-12-2014, 10:57 AM)plam Wrote: I'm not seeing that they're thinking about "all passengers" here in building the UP.IMO that's the problem.
They should have built the basic mass-transit service first. There are thousands of airport workers alone who would use the service several times a week. That would have provided a steady, predictable revenue stream. But most of these people are relatively poorly paid. They can't afford the fares, even with discounts. Likewise for people who aren't Pan-Am games "dignitaries" or Bay Street bankers.
In cities where the airport is serviced by conventional mass transit fares are half or a third (and often even less) than UP's fares. Those trains are heavily used not only by people going to the airport but also by people travelling to other destinations along the route.