11-27-2015, 02:40 PM
(11-27-2015, 02:13 PM)ookpik Wrote: The cars ordered for ION have been in use in LRTs, trams and commuter trains around the world for many years. I'd urge the "experts" to ask those transit operators about these sorts of details, e.g. what they like and what they wish they could change, long before I'd want our local "experts" to design a "better" mouse-traphuman car just to be different or just to flex their creative muscles.
I'd urge for the same conversation.
We have a partner who is responsible for designing, building and operating this system. They are not intrinsically responsible for it being an attractive system beyond what's specified in the contract and what is asked for by the region. So Project Co could have tons of real world expertise on the kind of polish that can be applied to a tram line. They do not necessarily have the incentive to independently apply that knowledge.
If it's a healthy relationship, then there should be a healthy dialogue going on between region and GrandLinq about what is possible and what is recommended. And we should be seeing some signs of that.