06-12-2023, 08:33 PM
(06-12-2023, 11:35 AM)jeffster Wrote: Recently, my car broke down (long story short, the last oil change I had, dealership put too much oil in, being this car is a Plug-In Hybrid, I hadn't used the engine until a longer trip that I took), and realized quickly that a bus was not an option - involving about 30 minutes of walk, and 60 minutes of bus, for a relatively short distance. So I took my kids scooter. Also took the scooter to the dealership, as that was going to be a 2 hour affair, but took 20 minutes on the scooter.
Two hour trips on GRT are the anomaly, not the regular.
White I hear people talking about how trips on GRT take two hours, in my experience they generally fall into three groups:
This first are the people who live on the edge of town and are going to another place 180° around the other side, like Doon South to RIM Park. And also on a Sunday, because even Doon South to RIM Park still only takes about an hour thirty to an hour forty during peak times, depending on how many transfers you want to bother with.
The second group is the people who relate a 20 year old experience and assume that nothing has changed.
The third group are the people who it turns out have never actually bothered so see what their trip would be like via GRT and just assumed.
(06-12-2023, 11:35 AM)jeffster Wrote: Years ago, when transit was more centralized, most trips could be done within 60 minutes or so. Now it's disorganized and takes a lot long longer, making it useless for day-to-day life.
The opposite, actually. First iXpress routes then ION have reduced average trip times on GRT noticeably over the past 15 years.
For example, Williamsburg to DTK is now 5 minutes faster than it was before ION service, even though there was no transfer before ION.