Yeah. Unfortunately we're seeing what our money got us. Not sure if it's a fault of the technology, the weather simply beating us (but then don't make concrete agreements that it isn't a problem) or Keolis just not knowing WTF they're doing in this sort of environment...which given their broad expertise in public transit should not really be an issue (or one would hope).
However despite the mess: a huge shout out to the men, women and others out there in this wet and cold weather - be it train operators, ground crew or just the GRT bus drivers who are likely putting up with irate commuters. They're no doubt really frustrated.
Somehow we need to figure out what is responsible for these system failures and remedy them. There are always unexpected situations but this is becoming a regular thing now...and with a warming climate, these mild and varied winter seasons might really put things to the test each winter season.
I wonder if this continues over and over if we'll need to launch a public inquiry similar to what Ottawa had to do in order to figure out what went wrong with their system (which was a lot). Our LRT works most of the time which is great yet these winter failures are a significant issue and we'll need answers + solutions.
However despite the mess: a huge shout out to the men, women and others out there in this wet and cold weather - be it train operators, ground crew or just the GRT bus drivers who are likely putting up with irate commuters. They're no doubt really frustrated.
Somehow we need to figure out what is responsible for these system failures and remedy them. There are always unexpected situations but this is becoming a regular thing now...and with a warming climate, these mild and varied winter seasons might really put things to the test each winter season.
I wonder if this continues over and over if we'll need to launch a public inquiry similar to what Ottawa had to do in order to figure out what went wrong with their system (which was a lot). Our LRT works most of the time which is great yet these winter failures are a significant issue and we'll need answers + solutions.