09-09-2021, 04:39 PM
(09-09-2021, 03:40 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(09-09-2021, 03:00 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: And a plane ticket costs an order of magnitude more than either. A taxi ride to the airport is like 15 dollars. If you can afford a 200 dollar flight, it seems dubious that a 15 dollar taxi ride is what is stopping you.
I think $20 is more accurate (including tip), and then x2 for departure and arrival. Suddenly we're at $40, which when flights start from $80 round trip is 50% more. Hardly an order of magnitude less.
(09-09-2021, 03:00 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I'm sorry, our airport doesn't have anywhere near the passenger volume to justify regular transit service (even "flex" service). It is literally the archetypal example of elite projection (https://humantransit.org/2017/07/the-dan...ction.html).
I've agreed with this for years, every time someone says we need a bus to the airport. But with the current increase in flight rate, and airport expansion to handle even more flights, I think we might now be at a volume where it makes sense. Especially if it was an extension of the iXpress along Victoria, so one could take the GO train here from Toronto and have an easy connection out to the airport.
I'll also point out that our airport has a lot of non-passenger volume. It's a major flight training school, with a lot of students that need to get out to the airport. Not enough to justify bus service on its own, but combined with the airport expansion I think we're starting to get close to it actually making sense.
Well, it depends on where in the city you are taking the taxi from. If you really wanted to, you could take the bus to the edge of the city and take a taxi a short trip further. Or hell, walk it...it is possible.
I think my point is valid, it's unreasonable to claim that lack of bus service is the reason that someone would not take a flight.
As for airport volumes, I really really don't think so. Flight school teachers and students are really unlikely to ride transit to the flight school. And our flight volumes are still very VERY low. Nowhere near the volumes of any airport, and you consider even Pearson had very low ridership on their bus routes before the train. Airport employees might be the most likely to ride transit (and certainly this was true at Pearson), but even as an employer, our airport isn't that large compared with other regional employers.
To me, the airport would not justify service. It MIGHT justify service if Breslau already has service, but I'd be surprised if Breslau can maintain its service, Breslau is tiny even compared with New Hamburg and Baden which is the last rural service expansion.